Some 1,700 PKR members and supporters in Padang Serai and Kulim/Bandar Baharu parliamentary constituencies quit the party to join the MIC last night.

Led by Padang Serai PKR leader K Letchumanan, they handed the MIC forms to Kedah Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy liaison chairperson Ahmad Bashah Mohd Hanipah in Paya Besar, Lunas, near Kulim.