PKR vice-president Azmin Ali, who is said to lead a group of parliamentarians seeking to oust Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, tpday denied there was such a plan.

pkr national congress 301108 azmin ali Azmin ( right ) said that the press had misinterpreted his criticism of Khalid as a move to eject him from his MB's post.

"Not at all. I fully support Khalid’s leadership as chief minister," he said.

"(Under his administration) there is no fraud, abuse of power and corruption. In this respect, Khalid has been doing good work.

"Therefore he runs a clean administration ... But there are bureaucratic problems. This should be streamlined," said the Gombak MP.

'No petition as reported'

Meanwhile, the secretariat chief PKR MP Kamarul Baharin Abbas also denied involvement in G15.

"There is no petition, no memorandum as reported. If there was, I would know,” said Kamarul.

"Who says there are 15 of them? Only the journalists - they are the ones speculating. Why are there 15 and not 20?” he told journalists.

wan azizah visits injured guan ming photographer journalist 060808 05 “These numbers have been invented by someone. I am not responsible,” he added.

Party president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ( left ) also denied the existence of such a controversy, saying the retreat was geared at the next party elections.

“What's the issue? There is no issue.” she said.

Balik Pulau MP Yusmadi Yusof joined in the denials, saying he was not even aware of the existence of the alleged coup.

“(For) me, I do not know anything about a conspiracy. What I do know is that this meeting is to strengthen the party,” said Yusmadi.

Khalid: Never thought of quitting

Meanwhile, Khalid said the thought of quitting as Selangor menteri besar had never crossed his mind.

azlan This, he said, was despite rumours there was a group in the party wanting to oust him.

"I never thought of it," he was reported as saying by Bernama after opening the 17th Selangor Malaysian Indian Youth Council annual general meeting in Shah Alam today.

According to PKR vice-president R Sivarasa, there was no proof of the group's existence, describing it as merely media speculation.

"Sometimes, in an organisation, we have our differences and these differences will be discussed and resolved through existing channels in the party, like the retreat and the party's supreme council meeting scheduled tomorrow," he said.