00:00MIC will convene a meeting to discuss its formal entry into Perikata Nationale,
00:06party president SA Vigneswaran said today, even though PN has already approved the party's application.
00:13Vigneswaran said he would chair the meeting soon but did not provide a specific date.
00:19On Thursday, former PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin confirmed that the coalition had approved MIC's application to join.
00:27Muhyiddin said PN had agreed to accept MIC as early as last year and was now waiting for the party to make its move.
00:36Talk of MIC leaving Barisan Nationale had circulated for some time, especially after the party's 79th Annual General Assembly last November,
00:45when delegates approved a motion empowering the leadership to consider such a move amid dissatisfaction over the party's role and relevance.
00:54Several UMNO leaders, however, have repeatedly dismissed the speculation.
01:00BN Secretary-General Zambri Abdul-Kader said the coalition had received no official notification from MIC
01:07and insisted it remained part of BN.
01:11Panyu Zhou, FMT.
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