Refuting Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin that Perkasa's influence is minimal when it comes to the Malay grassroot support for Umno, Ibrahim Ali argued that offering a popular political platform is more important than party allegiance.

"Umno claims to have three million members, but how did they lose the 12th general election?

"The trend today is that despite being party members, the people vote in response to the national issues affecting them ...

The Perkasa chief reminded Khairy that in areas like Gombak and Shah Alam with huge Umno membership, its candidates lost with huge majorities to the opposition.

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