MUKTAMAR | A PAS ulama (clerics) wing delegate has advised Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali not to shoot his mouth off in insulting clerics.

According to Selangor delegate Nik Bakri Nik Mat, this was in reference to the PKR deputy president describing someone as a “tok lebai who was defeated in his own area”.

“The menteri besar from PKR insulted us using the term 'lebai' (which is often used to refer to rural religious teachers). We cannot accept this.

“If possible, we want to sever ties (with PKR) immediately because from a political aspect, hurting (the feelings) of rivals is common, but to insult us, especially our president (cannot be accepted).

“... We want to advise the menteri besar from PKR that in future, he should not shoot his mouth off in insulting the ulama,” he added when speaking at the wing's muktamar in Alor Star, Kedah today.

Without mentioning names, Azmin had said: “There is a tok lebai who wants to capture Selangor. He was defeated in his own area.”

The remarks came in the wake of PAS Youth chief Nik Abduh Nik Aziz stating that PKR's leadership in Selangor would not last long.

He had said this when commenting on PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang citing Selangor as among the states which the Islamist party intended to capture.

Prior to that, Nik Abduh had suffered a heavy defeat in the Pengkalan Chepa PAS divisional elections.