A senior Umno leader in Terengganu said today that he would quit his party post if the Barisan Nasional fails to win the state back from PAS in the next general election.

Terengganu deputy Umno chief Idris Jusoh made the pledge in response to the offer by the Kampung Development and Security Committees (JKKK) of Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Nerus and Besut to dissolve themselves if the BN failed to wrest back the seat.

"If you gentlemen are committed to dissolving the JKKK if the BN is defeated I too am giving you this commitment that I will resign if we lose this state," he was quoted as saying by Bernama.

Bridge

"If you eat sand, it is sand that I too will eat," he said.

At a meeting earlier with the JKKK officials, Idris said as the bridge between the federal government and the people at kampung level, JKKK members should work hard together in a united front to ensure a BN victory in Terengganu.

Idris claimed that PAS was getting jittery over the shift in people's attitude towards the BN and was now drawing up various strategies to weaken the ruling coalition.

Saying that people are fed up with PAS and eager to return to the BN fold, Idris call on Umno members and supporters to welcome them, particulalrly the young, on board the BN ship.