Outspoken Kapar parliamentarian S Manikavasagam has denied swirling rumours making the rounds today that he would be resigning from PKR.

“It’s all rumours created by unscrupulous people (who are) trying to create unpleasant relationship between myself and the party leadership. Those people might continue to dream about the planned defection by Kapar MP,” said Manikavasagam in his latest blog posting.

pkr keadilan gangster batu caves pc 131106 manikavasagam He said that he had had a lot of phone calls since this morning asking about a press conference scheduled for 2pm in Shah Alam, where he was supposed to be with two other Kedah Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives.

“Once again, I’m repeating there isn’t any intention from my side to defect out of PKR,” said Manikavasagam, who had told Malaysiakini last week that he had no intention of quitting the opposition party.

The parliamentarian has made headlines with his claims that top officials in the Selangor government-owned company Kuala Semesta Sdn Bhd (KSSB) had been receiving bribes for sand mining contracts.

He was subsequently lambasted by his party colleagues for raising the issue in public.

“Don’t try to create any link between issues brought up on my capacity as PKR public complaint bureau director against Selangor state government-linked company KSSB to my disloyalty with party,” said Manikavasagam.

It is learnt that the Kapar MP was fishing in Meru, about half an hour from Klang, as journalists rushed to the Shah Alam Blue Wave Hotel for the press conference.

journalists waiting at shah alam blue wave hotel No one ,however, showed up for the rumoured press conference at the hotel.

About 30 reporters waited for one hour at the hotel lobby, some sitting on the floor, as another rumour made the rounds on the possible appearance of two Kedah state assemblypersons.

However, they eventually left the hotel empty-handed.

Rumours rife

Rumours have been rife that there will be defections in the coming weeks in Kedah.

It had even prompted state Menteri Besar, Azizan Abdul Razak, to warn of a dissolution of the Kedah state assembly to pave way for  new polls if there were more defections.

The rumours have targetted three PKR excos, in particular: S Manikumar (Bukit Selambau assemblyperson), Tan Chow Kang (Sidam) and Lim Soo Nee (Kulim).

DAP state assemblyperson Lee Guan Aik (Kota Darul Aman) has also been rumoured to be jumping ship.

All four have denied the rumours. They have also confirmed their attendance at a ceramah to be held tonight entitled "Kedah state assembly to be dissolved?" to address their allegedly impending defection.