Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said that many people are actually begging to return to the party, a day after former Kedah menteri besar Mukhriz Mahathir said that Umno division leaders from Kedah plan to quit the party.

"He (Mukhriz) said people are leaving, but those who were sacked also want to come back (to Umno)," Tengku Adnan said in a press conference at a Hari Raya Aidiladha event in Putrajaya today.