KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 25 -- Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's absence from yesterday's Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) Sabah political rally was not due to rumored rifts in the party, the coalition's secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa said.

In a tweet, the Federal Territories minister said Zahid was initially not scheduled to talk yesterday but was taking over from himself who had to pull out after testing positive for Covid-19.

"Zahid was never scheduled to attend the event. I was the one who was supposed to give the speech, last minute I got the orders to quarantine," he posted.

However, Annuar's remark was rebutted by PKR communications chief Fahmi Fadzil, who pointed out that Zahid was part of the line-up,...