PADANG BESAR: Former two-term Padang Besar MP Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin says he submitted his membership form to PKR in November.
Zahidi, who is former deputy communications and multimedia minister and ex-Umno member, claimed that his application to become a PKR member had received the blessings of the party's top leadership.
"My main focus is to strengthen PKR in Perlis by targeting to add 400 new branches throughout the state.
"PKR currently has 60 branches in the state and we want to increase that number," he told reporters after the Sumbangan Prihatin Madani programme near here on Sunday (Dec 8).
Zahidi he joined PKR not to spite his old party but rather to ensure that PKR becomes the main choice of the people of Perlis in the 16th General Election (GE16).
Zahidi said the cooperation between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Umno president and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at the central level was also seen as creating a united movement to reclaim Perlis in GE16.
Zahidi was dropped as a Barisan Nasional candidate in GE15 for the Padang Besar parliamentary seat and he lost after contesting as an Independent candidate in the constituency in a five-cornered fight involving Datuk Zahida Zarik Khan (BN); Ko Chu Liang (Warisan); Datuk Rushdan Rusmi (PN-PAS) and Mohamad Saad @ Yahya (PH-Amanah). – Bernama
