Gerakan has described Malay right-wing group Perkasa as having poisoned the BN during the last general election and that it had also failed to assist the ruling coalition to win more votes.

In a tit-for-tat spat with Perkasa, Gerakan's newly-elected central committee member Dr Dominic Lau said Perkasa had caused the ruling coalition to lose more votes, including that of the Malays, Chinese and Indians.