Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has dismissed rumours that he would resign after the 51st PAS Assembly in June.

He said increasing pressures from certain quarters like Umno would make him more determined to hold on to his posts.

"Before this, the same group said I died in hospital which only shows they are not happy with my existence.

"The more Umno hates me, the more determined I will be to hold on to my posts," he was quoted as saying by Bernama after a dialogue with PAS Youth in Marang today.

Difficult for Umno

Nik Aziz who is also PAS spiritual adviser said he knew his existence in the party would make the situation difficult for Umno. He has been the Kelantan menteri besar since 1990.

Dismissing suggestions that his unwillingness to resign was because the party had no one capable of succeeding him, Nik Aziz said the party was nurturing the successors and that "we are building a Tahfiz science college which will produce a new generation of leaders".