Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has to work harder on earning grassroots support if he wants to be considered as a general election candidate for Umno, said party secretary-general Ahmad Maslan.

Ahmad told Utusan Malaysia that Zafrul has to win over the party grassroots in his chosen constituency and needs to possess three key values - winnability, acceptability and likeability.

“(Zafrul) has to work hard...