Health Minister S Subramaniam today let rip at the Selangor government, claiming that the Pakatan adminstration has not been in doing its job in solving the rising cases of dengue in the state.

"I come to this area and this is like a giant rubbish bin. Rubbish is strewn everywhere.

"This is the job of the state government. They do not seem to be doing their job," Subramaniam blasted after visiting a dengue hotspot area in Klang this morning.

"Maybe they don't have leadership anymore to manage a state. If you can't manage a state, then don't form the government," he added.

The MIC deputy president also said the Health Ministry will take over responsibility of conducting clean-up and awareness activities in the area after seemingly losing patience with the state.

"This is the job of the local council, but we will do this after this. See, this is not about politics. It is about the people," he said.

"The people need our help," he said during a walkabout in Bandar Botanic, Klang, Selangor today.

Subramaniam said that it would be acceptable if the state admits its shortcomings with the ministry in handling this matter.

"It's okay if they come forward and they say can't handle this matter. But that's not the case. They keep saying they can do it, that's the problem you see," he added.

Irresponsible minister

Meanwhile, Selangor executive councillor for local government and research, Teng Chang Kim ( right ), lambasted Subramaniam as an "irresponsible" minister making an "irresponsible" statement.

He said that the health minister is "politicising" the issue as he has conveniently left out the spike in dengue cases in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

"Is he saying garbage collection in KL and Putrajaya is bad as well? Plus, dengue is on the rise nationwide. It's not a Selangor problem alone," Teng told Malaysiakini.

He also claimed that the federal government only realised the "seriousness" of the dengue problem two weeks ago, while Selangor has been running weekly activities in the state for the past eight months.

"There is not enough support from the federal government. I regret that (Subramaniam) has been very unhelpful and irresponsible," he said.