Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir had not been invited to today's Umno's supreme council meeting, according to party secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

"Actually he was not invited.

"He is not a (full) member. He is just an attending member so if the supreme council decides he doesn't have to attend, he doesn't have to," Tengku Adnan told a press conference after the meeting at the PWTC in Kuala Lumpur.

Mukhriz is not an elected supreme council member and was appointed only as an attending member in his capacity as Kedah Umno chief.

Earlier today, Mukhriz was asked to leave the Umno supreme council meeting where his fate as the Kedah menteri besar was expected to be decided.

He had arrived at the Umno headquarters an hour earlier and was greeted with cheers of ' Hidup Mukhriz ' ('Long live Mukhriz').

Speaking to reporters later, the embattled menteri besar said he was asked to leave the meeting.

"They said that those who were present but not invited should leave. But it was only aimed at me.

"The instructions was from the secretary general (Tengku Adnan)," he added.

At a press conference after the meeting, Umno president and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced that Mukhriz would remain as Kedah menteri besar for now but indicated his removal was imminent.

'Questionable source'

Earlier at Masjid Negara, Mukhriz told reporters that he had not heard anything about his job being at risk.

"I haven't heard any information. [...] the source of that info is questionable," he told reporters after Friday prayers.

Mahathir also dismissed Umno president Najib Abdul Razak's meeting at the Kedah palace in Kuala Lumpur earlier today.

"If they want to meet, jumpa lah (then meet)," said Mahathir who was also present at the National Mosque .