SABAH Tensions are rising in the key swing state of Sabah as parties start clawing at one another in this final lap of the campaign for the 2013 general election.

But parties with knives out are those who share a common goal of toppling the BN, while the BN is keeping consistent message - vote for us if you want Najib Abdul Razak to remain prime minister.

All this, while peddling fear and conspiracies that have forced Pakatan Rakyat to be on the back foot into the home stretch of the race...