Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's broadside against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is an attempt to drive a wedge in Umno, said the party's Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin.

"This is political propaganda aimed at attempting to drive a wedge between Umno leaders," he told journalists at Parliament today.

Mahathir had accused Zahid of seeking his support to replace Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak...