SHAH ALAM, Nov. 20 -- MIC is open to meeting with the Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership to discuss its future but is firm on its decision to eventually leave the coalition, its president, Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran, has said.

Stressing that the move is not born of animosity, Vigneswaran said the party's recent motion to exit the coalition it has been a part of for over 60 years was a necessary step for its political survival.

In an interview with Sinar Harian, Vigneswaran likened MIC's position to "a child wanting to leave home because there is no more space."

"What we are doing is for the future of the party because we see that MIC is not being given space," he told Sinar Harian.

"The decision made by delegates is not out of anger but for...