Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today told the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government not to equate deferring the Umno assemblies and party polls to postponing the Parliament sitting.

This is because the Dewan Rakyat sitting can be conducted with strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) he said, adding that it would be difficult to hold Umno assemblies as they involve some 3.3 million party members.

"The postponement of the Umno polls...