PAS central committee Nasrudin Hassan has accused Persatuan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia (PasMa), an organisation set up by the Islamic party's members, of wanting to topple PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Nasrudin claimed that PasMa had in a meeting on Aug 31 at Pustaka Az Zahra, Kota Bharu, discussed about replacing Hadi.

"It was a meeting filled with discussions and criticism of the PAS topmost leadership, which is Hadi.

"They even discussed about how to bring down the president," he said in a Facebook posting.

Nasrudin ( left ) said he was informed that in the meeting, a Johor PAS Youth leader had challenged the PAS central committee, which has been at odds with Hadi, to oust the president before the muktamar (annual assembly) this week.

"(It was pointed out in the meeting), there are 24 of 36 PAS central committee members who are aligned to them and (questions were raised) why they cannot control the central PAS' decision.

"It said the president was politically stupid and said the PAS central committee could oust Hadi without waiting for the muktamar," he said.

Malaysiakini could not contact PasMa president Phahrolrazi Mat Zawawi for comment.

PasMa was set up following the Selangor crisis which has caused cracks within the party between the conservative and pro-Pakatan Rakyat groups.

Phahrolrazi had previously told Malaysiakini that the NGO did not intend to oust Hadi or overturn PAS’ tradition of having clerics as its top leader but was instead to advocate continued cooperation with Pakatan.

He had said the NGO was to discuss "sensitive issues" as the framework of PAS did not allow such debates.

Meanwhile, Terengganu PAS has forbidden its members from being involved in PasMA activities.

In a statement, Terengganu PAS secretary Muhyiddin Abdul Rashid said this involved becoming members of the organisation or participating in its programmes.