Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi may have been the guest of honour at the launch of BN’s election machinery in Bandar Tun Razak last night, but the 800-strong crowd were chanting a different name - “Rizalman.”

Deafening chants, some lasting several minutes, rang out every time Umno Bandar Tun Razak division chairperson Rizalman Mokhtar’s name was read out.

With so much focus on Rizalman, it was easy to overlook the presence of the constituency’s BN chairperson Chew Yin Keen onstage.

Nor was Chew heard, as he was not allocated a slot to speak at the event...