MIC should make way for Umno in Sungai Siput, says local Puteri chief

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After failing to win in its former stronghold of Sungai Siput in Perak for three consecutive elections, MIC should let Umno contest the seat in the next election, said Sungai Siput Puteri Umno chief Norazura Abdul Karim.The seat was held by former MIC presidents VT Sambanthan from 1959 to 1974 and S Samy Vellu from 1974 to 2008. However, in 2008, Parti Sosialis Malaysia candidate Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj toppled Samy while running under the PKR banner.After he held it for two terms, PKR's Kesavan Subramaniam won the seat in 2018 when Jeyakumar chose to contest under the PSM logo."Sungai Siput was represented by MIC in every election, starting with Sambanthan and then Samy Vellu up until 2008, but in the last three elections, MIC has been unable to win the seat."With a total of around 12,000 Indian voters (out of 55,002), MIC has not been able to return the seat to BN…