An Umno Youth leader has criticised Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali for urging Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to reduce the number of Indian ministers in his cabinet.

Shahril Hamdan acknowledged there is general unease among the Malay community over Minister in the Prime Minister's Department P Waythamoorthy's remarks concerning last week's temple unrest.

The Umno Youth vice-chief also noted Waythamoorthy's accusation during an interview with a foreign media a decade ago that the BN government had discriminated against Indians in Malaysia...