Batu MP P Prabakaran says Tian Chua has nothing to do with the call by 14 NGOs for him to vacate his seat in favour of the reformasi veteran.
"Tian Chua has nothing to do with this. He is not the mastermind (of the idea). He is a gentleman," Prabakaran told Malaysiakini.
"My relationship with him remains good. Although we rarely talk, it doesn't matter. I always respect him as a veteran politician in PKR," added Prabakaran, who won the parliamentary seat last year.
Prabakaran won Batu after PKR threw its support behind the independent candidate in the 2018 general election. The 22-year-old law student joined PKR shortly after winning the seat.
This after the Election Commission - on nomination day - disqualified Tian Chua, who had served as MP for the seat for 10 years, from contesting
However, on Nov 6, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the EC had erred and that Tian Chua had been qualified to contest in GE14 and could contest in future elections.
Tian Chua has denied any role in the NGOs’ push for him to make a comeback, stressing that his legal challenge was to put on record that the EC had erred and was not to trigger a by-election.
Prabakaran did not rule out the possibility that some parties were trying to create a dispute between him and Tian Chua.
"There may be people trying to create something between me and Tian. They have their own interests in this," Prabakaran said without revealing their identities.
"As an MP, I will continue to do my work in Batu," he added.
Prabakaran also went on to deny a report by The Malaysian Insight in which a source claimed that he had rapidly depleted his constituency's allocation of RM1.5million.
"I still have some leftover funds," he revealed.
"Those who are accusing me, please come to my office. I'm ready to show you how the funds have been allocated," he added. - Mkini
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