MIC's powerful decision making body, the central working committee (CWC) will hear all appeals and complaints regarding the recently concluded election, in its upcoming meeting.

Newly-minted party’s secretary-general A. Prakash Rao who confirmed this to Bernama, admitted that MIC had received complaints about the Nov 30 party polls.

Prakash reportedly said that the hearing is a normal process and as such, advised certain parties to not make undue statements.

The party’s elections, held after being postponed for more than a year to give way for the 13th General Elections, was marred with controversies.

This includes allegations of irregularities in the votes counting process during the election.

This is because the votes to determine the three new vice presidents had to be re-counted five times with the announcement of the winners being postponed to the next day.

Even though unofficial results showed former MIC vice-president Datuk S. Sothinathan, vice president incumbent Datuk M.Saravanan and treasurer-general Datuk Jaspal Singh, grabbing the posts, official results revealed that the winners were Sothinathan, Saravanan and MIC Johor Baharu division chief Datuk S. Balakrishnan.

The recounting also show that the numbers varied dramatically from the unofficial results which left a bitter taste in some of the candidates and delegates.

Following this, former MIC youth chief T. Mohan along with 10 other candidates who contested and lost in the polls, submitted their memorandum of demands to MIC’s deputy president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.

They urged the party leadership to set-up an independent body to investigate the claims of irregularities.

MIC had also reportedly received five written complaints alleging discrepancy in the party elections held in Melaka.