Friday, 29 Jan 2021 06:00 AM MYT
BY SOO WERN JUN AND KENNETH TEE
A man is pictured selling PAS-Umno flags at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur September 13, 2019. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — The open quarrel between PAS and MIC might hurt Muafakat Nasional and Perikatan Nasional’s chances in mixed ethnicity seats at the next general election, according to political analysts.
Simmering tensions between the two supposed allies boiled over this month over the Islamist party’s mentri besar of Kedah’s decision to forego a state holiday for the Thaipusam religious festival.