BN supreme council meeting in Jan to determine MIC's fate - Zahid

BN supreme council meeting in Jan to determine MIC's fate - Zahid


Published: Dec 20, 2025 3:11 PM
Updated: 6:11 PM


BN’s supreme council will be meeting next month to determine the fate of its component member MIC, said the coalition’s chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Zahid also implied that talks on MIC’s potential departure from BN are unlikely to result in a motion at Umno’s upcoming annual general assembly, scheduled to take place from Jan 14-17 next year.

“(The matter) has nothing to do with Umno’s general assembly, as Umno and MIC share the same status within BN.

“We will have a BN supreme council meeting in January next year, and at that time we will decide,” the Umno president told reporters at the sidelines of an event in Sabak Bernam today when asked about the situation surrounding MIC.

Earlier, the deputy prime minister said BN has yet to receive a letter from MIC regarding the party’s motion to leave the coalition.

He also reminded BN component parties to think carefully before deciding to leave a coalition they had been part of for so long, especially given the constantly changing political landscape.

“Among us, don’t say one thing by day and another by night,” Zahid reportedly said on Dec 14 after officiating the Indian Progressive Front (IPF) annual general assembly in Semenyih, Selangor.

“Politics is very dynamic… don’t let it be merely because of being drunk on power from consuming too much intoxicating drink. Decisions are then made without considering that we have been friends for over 70 years.”

‘We’ll decide soon’

In response to Zahid’s apparent warning for MIC not to regret its decision if the party chooses to leave the coalition, MIC president SA Vigneswaran said that while his party is in no rush to decide on the matter, Zahid appeared overly eager for MIC to make a determination.

"MIC does not need to be pressured into making a decision in an unstable political climate.

"Whatever it is, MIC will make a decision soon and inform the BN leadership via letter in the near future," Vigneswaran told Malaysiakini.

MIC president SA Vigneswaran


MIC is understood to be assessing the possibility of leaving BN, partly due to dissatisfaction with its political position, especially after Umno, under Zahid’s leadership, formed a cooperation with Pakatan Harapan to establish the unity government.

In addition to MIC, MCA is also concerned about the allocation of election seats, which they feel favours incumbent parties.

Under the BN–Harapan seat allocation formula, MCA and MIC are expected to receive only a small number of seats to contest in the next general election.