You’re a burden to DAP, Puad tells Ramasamy

January 16, 2023

You’re a burden to DAP, Puad tells Ramasamy

PETALING JAYA: An Umno leader has hit back at DAP’s P Ramasamy for saying Ahmad Zahid Hamidi would remain a thorn in the flesh for Umno and the government as long as he remains president of the Malay-Muslim party.

Puad Zarkashi has reminded P Ramasamy of Putrajaya DAP’s call to take disciplinary action against him for playing up racial sentiments.Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi, who is also the speaker of the Johor state assembly, said Ramasamy had forgotten that he was a burden to DAP himself.

“That’s why Putrajaya DAP had urged the party to take disciplinary action against Ramasamy (in 2019),” he said.

He was referring to how Putrajaya DAP had urged the party’s central leadership to advise Ramasamy, a Penang deputy chief minister, from playing up racial sentiments.

Yesterday, Ramasamy said Zahid seemed to be the “albatross” around Umno’s neck, and even Pakatan Harapan (PH) as well as the unity government.

He was commenting on the Umno general assembly’s approval of a motion for the posts of president and deputy president not to be contested in the party polls which must be held by May 19.

The Penang DAP deputy chairman said Umno cannot be rejuvenated without first cleaning up its “corruption-tainted” image, adding that Zahid appears to be its “most tainted leader”.

Zahid is also a deputy prime minister, and the rural and regional development minister.

Zahid’s aide, Razlan Rafii, also hit out at Ramasamy over his remarks, saying the DAP leader should not be making such statements in this new phase of Malaysia’s political landscape.

According to Sinar Harian, Razlan told Ramasamy to look after his own party and put an end to DAP’s old ways.