I refer to the Malaysiakini report PAS owes explanation over unity talks .

A grave mistake is all it takes for the Pakatan Rakyat coalition to crumble. The recently concluded PAS muktamar has given BN a glimpse of hope to turn the political tide back in their favour.

With Nasharudin Mat Isa re-elected as PAS deputy president, BN/Umno certainly senses that PAS has opened up an opportunity to drive non-Muslim support away from PAS.

Besides standing by his president's controversial idea of a ‘unity government' and for continued talks with Umno, Nasharudin has also overstepped his boundary by saying that ‘Nik Aziz is not PAS.'

Ever since PAS managed to snatch away Kelantan from BN, Nik Aziz name is synonymous when mentioned together with PAS. Just because his preferred candidates were not elected at PAS muktamar, it doesn't mean that one can disassociate Nik Aziz from PAS.

Instead of showing disrespect to his party's spiritual leader, Nasharuddin is supposed to seek his guidance on how to manage people's perception of PAS and to be the leader of the people.

In PAS, there is no better leader to learn from besides Nik Aziz. PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang, in my view, has failed miserably in this department compared to Nik Aziz.

Why? Remember how Abdul Hadi squandered away Terengganu after being in power for just one-term while Nik Aziz managed to retain Kelantan even when BN was enjoying extreme popularity in 2004 after the resignation of Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister?

In 2008, when BN was at its weakest state, Abdul Hadi could not wrest back Terengganu while Pakatan Rakyat managed to takeaway an extra four states besides Kelantan from BN.

Has Nasharudin ever wondered why Terengganu voters have continually rejected PAS after four years of living under Hadi while Kelantan voters have continually supported Nik Aziz's administration over the past 20 years?

This track record of Nik Aziz speaks for itself and this is why PAS needs to listen to him for further progress in the future. Him instead of Hadi Awang who certainly is not MB-material or PM-material.

PAS certainly needs to remind themselves that BN is ever ready to try and snatch back the support of the non-Muslims. BN is just waiting for a mistake to paint PAS as ultra-conservative and anti-liberalism so as to draw away the support of non-Muslims from PAS - just like in the old days.

The continuing of the ‘unity government' talks of Hadi and Nasharudin will bring discomfort and trouble for the Pakatan coalition.

Besides that, some controversial calls like banning Sisters In Islam for being too liberal certainly have cast a lot of doubts amongst the fence-sitters on whether PAS is really the real deal to replace Umno.

Instead of using their muktamar as an opportunity to cast away all doubts of the voters in recognising PAS as a viable choice of replacing Umno, Nasharudin and Hadi did just the opposite.

PAS was so near in breaking the perception of them being labelled conservative and anti- liberalism, but too bad power and greed won over the day.

BN is set to have an advantage with this opportunity granted by by Nasharudin's win and will turn the tide against Pakatan Rakyat. With PAS's top two continuing to shoot themselves in their own feet, there's a fair chance that the BN might succeed just before the next general election.

PAS without listening to Nik Aziz is as good as PAS Terengganu which can never wrest back Terengganu even when BN is crippled. Congratulations, PAS!