DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said it was not the party's decision to drop Skudai assemblyperson Tan Hong Pin from the new Johor exco line-up.

"It was not decided by DAP," he said when met by the media today in Putrajaya.

"That's all I want to say, it's not decided by DAP," he reiterated.

He maintained the same response when pressed on whether it was a state or federal decision.