Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today urged the people not to blame the current government for the lopsided privatisation contracts signed by the previous administration.

Without naming former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, he likened the consequences of signing the contracts to "shit" that was rubbed on the people.

Zahid admitted that the highway and independent power plant contracts, as well as those of Express Rail Link (ERL) projects, were lopsided, which the current government was forced to observe.