Rafizi squashes claims about forming new party with Nurul and Khairy

PETALING JAYA: Rafizi Ramli has dismissed speculations that he, Nurul Izzah Anwar and Khairy Jamaluddin are forming a new political party.

After the three politicians shared photos of themselves having lunch together on two separate occasions, there have been talks that they might be up to something.

On Wednesday (Dec 19), a Malay portal reported that the trio might be in talks about forming a new party following news that Nurul Izzah had resigned as PKR vice-president, while Rembau MP Khairy is widely known to be disgruntled with what's happening in Umno.

Responding to the report, Rafizi squashed the speculations on Twitter.

"Thank you Berita Harian for covering me, Nurul Izzah and Khairy Jamaluddin having lunch.

"There was no discussions of party-hopping or forming a new party," he said.

"KJ (Khairy Jamaluddin) was teaching me how to use Instagram filters. Izzah was giving children's school tips. I was giving tips on how to become fat," Rafizi joked.

Rafizi, Nurul Izzah and Khairy had been seen interacting with each other jokingly on Twitter lately.

Former PKR vice-president Rafizi first shared a photo of three of them together on Twitter on Dec 10, prompting Khairy to joke that he needed to teach Rafizi how to use the photo filter function.

On Dec 17, Nurul Izzah thanked Rafizi and Khairy for their show of support for her following her resignation as a PKR vice-president.

The latest photo that ignited speculation was shared by Khairy on Instagram on Tuesday (Dec 18).

They were photographed having tea in Alexis Bistro in Bangsar Shopping Centre, after Nurul Izzah’s shock decision to quit her party posts.

The picture, which was on the Rembau MP’s Insta story, was captioned: “That’s how filters work @rafiziramli.”