BN's strategic communication deputy director Eric See-To has slammed Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua's suggestion that the government should let the Express Rail Link (ERL) go bust by raising its fares.

Calling the proposal an example of Pakatan Harapan's "zombienomics", See-To said there would be adverse consequences should the ERL collapse financially.

"If ERL goes bust as what Pua implies then (stakeholders like) Tabung Haji will incur billions of ringgit in losses while banks will also have to write-off their loans.

"The government has to think of these implications too - implications that Pua does not think of when he frequently make statements like this," he said in a statement today.

The government on Wednesday announced that it would be extending ERL's concession by 30 years to compensate the company after its request to raise its fares were rejected three times...