BN targets to win 10 parliamentary seats in Kedah – Zahid

 

BN targets to win at least 10 out of 15 parliamentary seats in Kedah for the 15th general election (GE15), its chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.

He added that BN would set up a task force to ensure that the target can be achieved.

“We have won two parliamentary seats in Kedah (in GE14), namely Baling and Padang Terap. So we aim at winning eight more.

“We feel that this GE15 is not only the mother of all general elections but also the one that requires our machinery to work very hard because the life and death of BN, especially Umno in Kedah, will depend on it.

“I have said before that we do not have much time…we have to mobilise all our machinery to retain and regain those seats,” he told a press conference after meeting with Kedah BN today.

Zahid (above) said the targetted 10 seats include Langkawi, which was won by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Attract young voters

Meanwhile, he said BN would focus on the young and also first-time voters to help the coalition to win the GE15.

This is because the group had created a new wave of support for BN candidates, as reflected in the Johor state election in March.

Earlier, Zahid attended the Kedah leg of BN’s “Solidarity, Stability and Prosperity” programme at Dataran Serdang here, which was also attended by caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

- Bernama