Newly-appointed Sports and Youth Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said some unhappy urban voters who voted for the opposition  could be wooed back to support the BN in the wake of the recently-concluded general election.

The Umno Youth chief said this could be done by tackling issues close to their hearts.

"The election result is not a disaster for us (BN). We just need to address some issues like why some urban voters are not supporting us.

"I believe they ' merajuk ' (were sulking), or ' jatuh cinta sekejap ' (fell in love for a short while) with the (opposition's) populist promises.

"We can ' pujuk ' (cajole) them since (tackling) some issues like transportation, corruption and crime is already work in progress," he told a forum entitled, "Leading The Nation Forward Post-GE13" in Kuala Lumpur tonight.

Khairy, who is also the Rembau member of parliament, said the question of who had the most popular votes was not important as the people still had faith in the BN-led government and refused to fall for the opposition's populist promises.

- Bernama