Street demonstrations such as Bersih 4 is not the moderate way to show your love for the country, said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

"When we love the nation, we do not do something extreme. We will go back to the middle path and become a rational person.

"Street demonstration that humiliate the leaders is not the middle path," he told over one thousand Makkal Sakti members at Bank Rakyat headquarters, Kuala Lumpur.

The BN president also expressed his gratitude to the BN friendly party for not supporting the rally.

"When I look at you, you guys are not in the picture of Bersih 4," he said to the applause of audience.

Earlier, Makkal Sakti president RS Thanenthiran ( photo ) heavily criticised Bersih 4 rally, describing it as " kurang ajar " (rude).

The Bersih 4 rally on Aug 29 and 30 was attended by at least 100,000 people and among others called for good governance and Najib's resignation, amid allegations of corruption.

Bersih had self-proclaimed itself as "clean" but it was in fact the other way round, and it tarnished "sacred" Merdeka Day, he chastised.

"Datuk Seri (Najib), their dream will not come true. Because God is with you," he said.

Dr M criticised

He then trained his guns at former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who was twice present at the Bersih 4 rally.

"Mahathir is someone I respect. (But) he should not have attended a rally which had been announced as illegal," he asserted.

On top of reprimanding Bersih, he also urged Najib to consider Makkal Sakti's intention to join BN.

Without mentioning names, he blamed MIC, the main Indian-based party in BN, as having betrayed the Indian voters and was now not functioning.

"Give us a chance and be with you in the cabinet to return the trust of Indian community.”

Thanenthiran added Makkal Sakti stood with Najib would be his shield and armour.

He also declared that Makkal Sakti was confident of swinging back 80 percent of Indian votes to BN in the coming general election.

However when Najib took the stage, he did not respond to the request, apart from expressing thanks to Makkal Sakti for helping to pull Indian votes.

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