Practice run for GE14 on March 17

Jovial greeting: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak shaking hands with Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid at a Barisan pre-council meeting at Najib’s residence in Seri Perdana, Putrajaya. Looking on are Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani (third from right) and Setiawangsa MP Datuk Ahmad Fauzi Zahari (right).

KLANG: Every polling district centre in the state will be in action on March 17. Barisan Nasion­al is running a nationwide dry run for the polls.

After weeks of closed-door meetings involving national leaders, the top Barisan leadership has ordered the dry run to ensure the readiness of the party’s machinery for the elections which, a Melaka insider said, is set to be held around the third week of April.