Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who hinted last night that the general election may be called early, was today challenged by former Batu Kawan Umno division vice-head Khairuddin Abu Hassan to dissolve Parliament soon.

"Please tell Najib not to talk too much! If he is very confident and if he is a man, dissolve Parliament and call the 14th general election as soon as possible," Khairuddin said in a statement.

"If he feels that he is very strong, why wait?" he asked, urging Najib not to play dirty by cheating on votes.

At Umno's 71st anniversary celebrations last night, which was thronged by a 80,000-strong crowd, Najib had asked, "I want to ask you all, are we strong enough? Are we ready? Can we dissolve Parliament tomorrow?"...