Two different versions have emerged on whether Pakatan Rakyat submitted one or more names to the palace for the post of Selangor menteri besar after the 2008 and 2013 general elections.

Outgoing menteri besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim claimed that more than one name was submitted while PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and his wife, party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, stated otherwise.