Former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli has brushed off speculations that he needed the "blessings" of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail before deciding to contest for the deputy president's post in the upcoming party polls.

Speaking to reporters after revealing his running mates during a function at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Rafizi said the issue of seeking the couple's blessings to contest has never arisen...