“We are disappointed when a leader who had been given so many opportunities by the party, for three terms as a Deputy Chief Minister, acts like this when not given a seat,” he said. theSun thesundaily Malaysianews DAP PakatanHarapan stateelection
: The decision of former Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy to quit DAP will not affect the campaign of Pakatan Harapan in the state elections this time.said he had expected Ramasamy’s action following the latter’s omission as a candidate in the Penang polls, besides being upset with the decision taken .
The Transport Minister said Ramasamy should not have quit the party although he was not nominated as a candidate for the state polls because other leaders who were not nominated chose to stay with the party and help in the party’s campaign to ensure victory for the parties in the Unity Government. Ramasamy, the incumbent Perai assemblyman, was dropped as a PH candidate for the Penang election and replaced by Datuk Seri S.Sundarajoo for the Perai seat, which will see a four-cornered fight in the state polls on Saturday .
“Negeri Sembilan, don’t mean to be arrogant but BN and PH have grassroots strength. This is shown in the trend of the voting pattern. Not that we want to put down the opposition but PAS and Bersatu have no grassroots strength here,” he said.
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