Umno ticked off about Khalid’s accusations

Khalid Samad claimed today that a banner insulting the Sultan of Selangor and bearing the logos of PAS, the DAP and PKR was a ploy by Umno to pit the opposition against the palace.

SHAH ALAM, Jan 11 – The Selangor Umno has chastised MP for Shah Alam, Khalid Abdul Samad, for accusing Umno of erecting banners critical of the Sultan of Selangor in the opposition’s name in the state capital.

Its information chief, Abdul Shukor Idrus said Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) would not have resorted to unethical acts against the opposition.

“The opposition will continue to blame Umno for negative incidents on while they are the angels and always upright.

“When Umno hands over cash aid, the opposition labels them as bribes. On the other hand, if they fork out money to the people, they are zakat (tithes),” he told Bernama here today.

Khalid Samad today claimed that a banner insulting the Sultan and bearing the logos of PAS, the DAP and PKR, which was found in Section 9 here, was a ploy by Umno to pit the opposition against the palace.

On Khalid’s challenge to BN assemblymen to attend the emergency state assembly sitting to amend the State Constitution on January 24, he said it was a ploy to give more power to the mentri besar on the appointment of top civil servants and not to restore the power of the Sultan as claimed.

Meanwhile, the Keadilan Youth movement today lodged a police report here on the installation of the banners. – Bernama