Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is scheduled to meet party division chiefs next month to listen to the grassroots as part of preparations to face the 15th general election.

The series of meetings will be organised by Umno elections director Tajuddin Abdul Rahman. He told Malaysiakini that the meetings would touch on how to wrest back control of the federal government.

"(The meetings are) to listen to the grassroots on matters pertaining current political issues and...