I know nothing about standing in Sungai Buloh, says KJ
Khairy Jamaluddin says he is prepared to go wherever his party tells him. (Bernama pic)
PUTRAJAYA: Amid talks that Khairy Jamaluddin is set to contest the Sungai Buloh parliamentary seat in the upcoming general election (GE15), the former Rembau MP reiterates that he still has no idea where he will stand.
The health minister told a press conference here today he had not been given any update from Umno on what constituency he will be allotted.
“I don’t know anything about it,” he said when asked about rumours that he will be fielded as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Sungai Buloh.
Khairy said it was up to Umno’s leaders to decide and that he was ready to accept any constituency they gave him.
Last week, an Umno source in Sungai Buloh told FMT that Khairy was close to being confirmed as Umno’s nominee for the seat.
The source said Sungai Buloh may be a tough seat, but believed that Khairy will pull through because of his popularity, especially since he became the health minister in August last year and managed the Covid-19 pandemic well.
However, an MIC source said the party’s machinery would not support an Umno candidate in Sungai Buloh, as it was regarded as its traditional seat.
Khairy was a three-term MP for Rembau but said last month he had been told to make way for Umno’s deputy president, Mohamad Hasan, who is the Rembau division chief and a former menteri besar of Negeri Sembilan.
He was previously reported to have said that he was “almost certain” of being given a seat won by the opposition in the last general election.
In GE14, the Sungai Buloh seat was won by Pakatan Harapan’s R Sivarasa with a majority of 26,634 votes in a three-cornered fight with BN’s Prakash Rao Applanaidoo and a candidate from PAS.
Sivarasa has since been dropped by PKR for GE15. The opposition coalition will now field Ramanan Ramakrishnan, who is a former MIC treasurer-general.
PUTRAJAYA: Amid talks that Khairy Jamaluddin is set to contest the Sungai Buloh parliamentary seat in the upcoming general election (GE15), the former Rembau MP reiterates that he still has no idea where he will stand.
The health minister told a press conference here today he had not been given any update from Umno on what constituency he will be allotted.
“I don’t know anything about it,” he said when asked about rumours that he will be fielded as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Sungai Buloh.
Khairy said it was up to Umno’s leaders to decide and that he was ready to accept any constituency they gave him.
Last week, an Umno source in Sungai Buloh told FMT that Khairy was close to being confirmed as Umno’s nominee for the seat.
The source said Sungai Buloh may be a tough seat, but believed that Khairy will pull through because of his popularity, especially since he became the health minister in August last year and managed the Covid-19 pandemic well.
However, an MIC source said the party’s machinery would not support an Umno candidate in Sungai Buloh, as it was regarded as its traditional seat.
Khairy was a three-term MP for Rembau but said last month he had been told to make way for Umno’s deputy president, Mohamad Hasan, who is the Rembau division chief and a former menteri besar of Negeri Sembilan.
He was previously reported to have said that he was “almost certain” of being given a seat won by the opposition in the last general election.
In GE14, the Sungai Buloh seat was won by Pakatan Harapan’s R Sivarasa with a majority of 26,634 votes in a three-cornered fight with BN’s Prakash Rao Applanaidoo and a candidate from PAS.
Sivarasa has since been dropped by PKR for GE15. The opposition coalition will now field Ramanan Ramakrishnan, who is a former MIC treasurer-general.
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