Khaled Nordin also said it showed that Bersatu and, by extension, Perikatan Nasional (PN) were panicking.

“It’s puzzling that they are hitting out at Umno to woo voters instead of telling the electorate what the party can do over the next five years should they win in Melaka,” he told FMT.

Khaled said if PN was truly prepared for the polls, it should just focus on promoting itself and what it can do for Melaka.

“There’s no need to attack Umno.”

Talking about the country’s changing political landscape on Thursday, Muhyiddin was reported to have said that BN’s time had come to an end.

This led BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to slam the former prime minister, saying it vindicated Umno’s decision not to work with Bersatu in the next general election.

He also said he was disappointed that Muhyiddin had chosen to insult BN, as the Bersatu president had achieved success in the political arena with the help and support of the BN grassroots.

Meanwhile, Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi said there was no reason for some of the party’s leaders to worry about contesting against PN in the polls following Muhyiddin’s outright attack.

“We should go all out against Bersatu now,” he said in a Facebook post.