DAP Youth has challenged Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh to immediately resign as a Malacca state executive councillor if he truly stands by his principle of leaving the coalition government.

It said Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s firm stance that the party will remain with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim-led Madani administration until the end of its term shows that Akmal’s recent threats to “exit the government” are merely political gimmicks.

“With that...