Those who joined Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) are always welcome back in Umno after their "misadventure", said Umno supreme council member Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz.

"We are very forgiving, okay? Those who have strayed, the door is also open to them, they can come back.

"If they have regrets and have repented, come back. After all, the party is for all bumiputera.

"If they want to come back, come back. It is a misadventure," Nazri told reporters after officially opening a Bangladeshi New Year's festival in Kuala Lumpur today.

Bersatu, an Umno splinter, is headed by sacked Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin.

The chairperson is former Umno president Dr Mahathir Mohamad while Mahathir's son and former Kedah Umno Mukhriz Mahathir is Bersatu number two.

Mukhriz was also sacked from Umno, while Mahathir resigned in protest of 1MDB, the brainchild of Umno president and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak embroiled in a financial scandal.

Nazri had also pointed out that Bersatu is not the first Umno splinter party, citing the Semangat 46 and PKR.

Like them, he said, Bersatu will not succeed in toppling Umno.

One of the Bersatu founding members, Kamarulazman Habibur Rahman had quit the splinter party on April 19, claiming internal issues and a culture of favouritism within Bersatu.

Bersatu leaders have since denied these allegations.

Kamarulazman had also said that more Bersatu members will be quitting the party soon.

Former senator Ezam Mohd Nor had also quit Bersatu in December last year.