Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) secretary-general Shahruddin Md Salleh resigned as a member of Universiti Teknologi Mara's (UiTM) board of directors yesterday.

"There were voices demanding for my sacking (after my appointment in Bersatu) if I declined to resign.

"But, I chose a middle way – I tendered my resignation," Shahruddin said in an interview with Malaysiakini today.