Persatuan Patriot Kebangsaan (Patriot) has called for a deputy minister to resign over an RM854 million military contract to supply self-propelled howitzers (SPH) for the army, which allegedly is in the process of being awarded to a crony company.

In a statement, Patriot president Mohamed Arshad Raji also demanded that Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein explain if he was aware of the alleged cronyism.