Nearly 200 PKR members from the Taman Tunku Putra branch in Kulim, Kedah, quit the party en masse today, claiming they had lost confidence in the party's leadership.

The group, headed by G Thanagaran, said they were forming a new MIC branch for the Kampung Padang Buluh-Padang Tembak in the Kulim-Bandar Baharu area.