SHAH ALAM, March 1 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged PKR members contesting in the party elections to campaign based on their own merit rather than associating themselves with his leadership.

The Star quoted him warning candidates against using his name to bolster their campaign, saying candidates should not be labelled as the "prime minister's or party president's choices".

"You have to remember that we are carrying a very big mandate which is being challenged at the federal level," Anwar reportedly said in his speech at the launch of the Selangor PKR division annual general meetings last night.

"Campaign on your own strength, idealism and party struggles. Campaign on the agenda and programmes implemented," he said,...