PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar has asked Putrajaya to pledge against reviving the plan to expand the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to 60 additional food items, which was abruptly scrapped less than a day after its announcement following public outcry.

Nurul Izzah expressed concern that the U-turn yesterday was only a postponement and not a cancellation, in view of the 14th general election that is due to be held by next year.

"There was no assurance by the BN-Umno regime that the cancellation is permanent, or whether it is only temporary until after the 14th general election...