Simmering tensions boil over

Poles apart: Grassroots members of Bersatu and PAS, which make up the Perikatan Nasional bloc, are giving each other the cold shoulder.

PETALING JAYA: The shifting loyalty of four Bersatu lawmakers is compounding long simmering problems on the ground between the opposition party’s grassroots members and its partner PAS.

It is learnt that grassroots members of these two parties, which make up the Perikatan Nasional Opposition bloc, are giving each other the cold shoulder following disagreements over strategy and cooperation during the campaigning for the state polls in August and by-elections this year.