KUALA LUMPUR: MIC is not overly ambitious on fielding more candidates to contest in the 15th general election (GE15).
Its deputy president Datuk Seri M.Saravanan said the oldest and largest Indian-based political party would instead evaluate and look at the current situation before deciding on the matter.
Saravanan, who is also Tapah MP, reiterated that MIC would continue to contest in its nine traditional seats and 18 state seats in the next general election.
Saravanan, who is also the Human Resources Minister, said MIC also hoped to contest for the Padang Serai and Teluk Intan parliamentary seats, if allowed to do so by the Barisan Nasional leadership.
In GE14, MIC won one out of the nine parliamentary seats and three out of the 18 state seats it contested.
"Now, (with) the (political pact) Muafakat Nasional and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, we (MIC) may have to share (seats) with the other parties. So, we can't be over-ambitious, we will wait and see.
"If there is no new consensus, maybe we will ask for more seats as there are vacant seats from Gerakan (which left BN after the last general election)," he told reporters at the opening of Wisma Tun S.Samy Vellu here today.
On June 23, 2018, Gerakan left BN following the coalition's dismal performance at the polls. - Bernama