Another win in store for BN?

• Tanjung Karang MIC division secretary and education officer K Parthiban
• MIC CWC member and lawyer S Murugesan
• MIC CWC member and social worker T Mohan
• Shah Alam city councillor S Murugavellu

Until yesterday the second name on the list was the popular choice to be MIC’s candidate for the Ijok by-election on April 28.

Today, it is the name on the top of the list.

The real candidate will be known tomorrow though.

Keadilan’s choice is former corporate figure Khalid Ibrahim.

So we have a Malay versus Indian fight in a Malay-majority seat. The late Sivalingam had won the seat for three years but with a reduced majority in 2004.

Keadilan would think it stands a good chance as a result of that 2004 result and the voter makeover.

BN, on the other hand, had won all four by-elections since the general election.

We have a good fight in hand in Ijok. My early odds are with BN to retain the seat, perhaps with a reduced majority.