All year long MIC has been shaping up to quit BN and switch camps to Perikatan Nasional.

Through its control of critical Tamil media outlets, the party and its sole MP M Saravanan in particular have been hitting out at the Madani government.

Recently the low status of MIC and fellow mosquito party MCA were confirmed when they were not even considered as factors in the cabinet reshuffle.

As I have written before, PM Anwar Ibrahim needed Umno to form the government. He didn’t need MIC and MCA who were just excess baggage. Umno helms state governments in Pahang, Perak, Melaka and Johor and has a DPM and many federal ministers.

MCA has only two MPs, two senators and eight assemblymen nationwide.

MIC’s position is even weaker, with just one MP, two senators and five assemblymen.

All of this is dependent on Umno’s generosity. They can’t win anything on their own.

On the side of the coin, Bersatu may have had the leading position in PN but it has clearly been the junior partner to PAS. Pulling off an internal coup in Perlis was foolish in the extreme.

Now that Muhyiddin and gang are being sidelined in Bersatu itself, and PN as a whole – what will happen to MIC’s grand plan?

What will happen to the other minnows like MIPP, Ramasamy’s Urimai, Waythamoorthy’s MAP, Bersatu’s Berseketu wing and the Dewan Himpunan Penyokong PAS?

Perhaps it’s time for all of them to close shop instead of fighting for crumbs. Because all the tantrums have come to naught.

by: Jeffri Saling

Jeffri Saling is a sharp, unapologetic political critic who delights in slicing through Malaysia’s political theatre with wit and precision. His commentary blends strategic insight with razor-edged sarcasm, exposing contradictions, deflating egos and dismantling neatly packaged narratives across the political aisle.