Umno cautiously optimistic as it aims for 'big chunk' of non-Malay votes in Rantau

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Umno cautiously optimistic as it aims for 'big chunk' of non-Malay votes in Rantau
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Umno Youth's Shahril Hamdan says the Umno-PAS alliance should focus on a Malaysian narrative this time.

March 14, 2019 9:18 AM

But the party is still “cautiously optimistic”, to quote its Youth vice-chief, as it prepares to defend the Rantau state seat in Negeri Sembilan. Almost half – 47% – of Rantau’s 20,926 voters are non-Malays, with a large concentration of Indians – the fifth largest number of Indian voters in the country.

Shahril said despite Umno and PAS at the forefront of the campaign, the opposition should project a Malaysian narrative.“Anyone who’s interested in winning will have to see that the approach can’t be a ‘Malay-only’ approach.”

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