Commenting on the recent feud between him and MCA Central Committee member Ti Lian Ker, Nazri questioned the need for others in the MCA to jump in to the latter’s defence instead of allowing the two an opportunity to thrash out their issues.
“I’m a man, I fight on my own. But why does the (MCA) youth movement have to interfere? It’s between me and Ti,” he said in an interview with FMT.
“No one from Umno came out with a statement to support me as I am a warrior. I don’t need the moral support from other Umno members as the argument was between me and Ti.”
The duo’s spat began when Ti urged Umno to refrain from employing scare tactics to secure Malay votes, to which the tourism and culture minister responded by saying that it was better to be a village hero than becoming like MCA, which only has seven parliamentary seats.
Nazri also said that Umno was the dominant party in BN. This prompted a reply from MIC President Dr S Subramaniam who said the remarks had hurt the feelings of his party’s grassroots members.
“Subramaniam came and met me. I laughed, he laughed,” said Nazri while explaining what happened afterwards.
“But others don’t interfere. I want to state that although 1,000 people come and attack me, I, on my own, will fight back. I’m a warrior, I’m not afraid,” he added.
He also expressed confidence that the arguments would not affect the strong ties between the three major component parties of Barisan Nasional, saying it was a norm in the 60 years they had worked together.
“It’s a normal thing. Siblings fight, we say whatever but we don’t break up. So we have to be confident in the strength of the bond between the three parties.
“Once all is said, we can move on and work to face the election.”