{"id":4663,"date":"2009-05-10T10:45:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T02:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2009-05-10T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T02:45:40","slug":"i-am-only-trying-to-get-back-what-was-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2009\/05\/10\/i-am-only-trying-to-get-back-what-was-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"I am only trying to get back what was mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/news\/story.asp?file=\/2009\/5\/9\/nation\/20090509193645&amp;sec=nation\" target=\"_blank\">So says<\/a> former MIC deputy president Dato Subra . Doesn&#8217;t sound very encouraging to hear.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former MIC deputy president Datuk S. Subramaniam has announced his decision to contest the post in party polls scheduled for September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am only trying to get back what was mine,\u201d said Subramaniam, who was the longest serving deputy president in the party\u2019s history, from 1981 to 2006.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 2006 party elections, Subramaniam was ousted by Datuk G. Palanivel, who had the backing of president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu then.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is understood that Subramaniam\u2019s relationship with Samy Vellu had improved since, although the latter refused to admit that he had the president\u2019s endorsement to be the number two man in the party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI informed him of my intention to contest, that\u2019s all. He told me he wants a healthy competition. I do not have any problem with Samy Vellu,\u201d he told reporters after opening the Seputeh MIC division delegates conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked to elaborate on speculation that he had Samy Vellu\u2019s backing, he merely said: \u201cHe is supportive of a contest (for the deputy presidentship)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf he says he will support (a particular candidate), then it will definitely improve that person\u2019s chances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Subramaniam, who is currently the Seputeh MIC division chairman, said he chose to contest because he felt he could play a more effective role in the party with the position.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway, good luck to him and the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So says former MIC deputy president Dato Subra . Doesn&#8217;t sound very encouraging to hear. Former MIC deputy president Datuk S. Subramaniam has announced his decision to contest the post in party polls scheduled for September. \u201cI am only trying to get back what was mine,\u201d said Subramaniam, who was the longest serving deputy president [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[196,24,225],"class_list":["post-4663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian","tag-elections","tag-mic","tag-politicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4665,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4663\/revisions\/4665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}