Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi cited the example of former prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein who had engaged the opposition and eventually formed the BN when asked about Umno's position on certain parties in the opposition.

Zahid, in an interview in conjunction with Umno's 75th anniversary, was responding to a question about the Umno supreme council's "No Anwar, No DAP" position.

"When Tun Razak was the Umno deputy president...