The Umno annual general assembly (AGM) this weekend will see a tussle for hearts and minds as two competing factions try to chart the course of the party.

Ahead of the meeting, Ketereh MP Annuar Musa has pushed the narrative that the purported overwhelming support by Umno divisions to cut ties with Bersatu was not genuine.

He claimed that a majority of them did so on instructions but did not disclose who it was.

But secretary-general Ahmad Maslan dismissed Annuar's optimism...