Khairy Jamaluddin's political secretary, Megat Firdouz Megat Junid, has denied that his boss' last-minute entry into the race for Umno president was aimed at splitting the votes of those aligned against acting president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Megat Firdouz said this when asked to respond to allegations within Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's circles that Khairy's surprise entry was aimed at helping Zahid...