Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said none of her former Pakatan Harapan colleagues had stood up for her when then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad shot down her push for local government elections.

She said this after Mahfuz Omar (Amanah-Pokok Sena), in a follow-up question in the Dewan Rakyat, quizzed if Zuraida's new colleagues, particularly those from PAS, were agreeable to her push for local government elections.

"PAS objects to...