00:01The upcoming Johor state election will serve as a litmus test of MIC's relevance for a community it has continuously
00:09claimed to represent for almost eight decades, a political analyst said.
00:15Sivamurgan Pandian, professor of political sociology at University Science Malaysia, said the polls could shed light on the direction Indian
00:25voters will take going forward.
00:28He pointed out that they can continue to identify with PKR and its reformacy-era politics or return to the
00:35party that once served as their voice in government.
00:39Sivamurgan said that rather than the monolithic bloc they once were, Indian voters are now divided along a variety of
00:47political ideals expounded by different parties and movements.
00:51He told FMT that for MIC, the state polls are about whether it can still claim political relevance.
01:00Johor MIC chairman K. Ravin Kumar said earlier this week that the party is looking to contest four seats in
01:07the coming election.
01:08It won three of those seats, Kahang Kamalah and Tenggaro, in the previous election in 2022 but lost to Bukit
01:16Baru by just 137 votes to PKR.
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