KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 2 -- Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has denied that he is the "mastermind of political operation" behind strategic decisions in Umno and Putrajaya, saying that the Cabinet works through consensus.

The Umno president also dismissed claims that ally DAP is against any Islamic and Malay-related agendas in Putrajaya.

"In Cabinet meetings, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke sits to my right. Over the past 25 months, I have never seen any opposition from DAP towards Islamic and Malay agendas in the Cabinet," he told a Buletin Utama podcast.

Similarly, he highlighted how Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo has never opposed any resolutions presented in the Bumiputera Economic Congress despite being a committee member.

Instead, ...