
TANAH RATA: Entering the seventh day of campaigning yesterday, Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate in the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat by-election, M Manogaran, said he has covered over 50 percent of the voting areas.
He said the PH election machinery had also just gone into fifth gear, working hard for a win to wrest the seat which was held by Barisan Nasional (BN) all this while.
“Actually, we have met up with the voters even before nomination day, now this is a continuation of our campaign work.
“I don’t know the exact percentage but I have covered more than 50 percent of the voting areas including remote areas and we will continue for the couple of days in the run-up to polling day.”
Manogaran, who is also Pahang DAP deputy chairman, said this when met by reporters during his walkabout together with the party’s national deputy chairman, Gobind Singh Deo, to meet voters at the Kuala Medang morning market, near Sungai Koyan, here. Helping with the campaign was Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik.
Asked on the PAS election machinery which has started to come down here to help the BN candidate campaign, especially in the Jelai state constituency which has a Malay and Bumiputera majority, Manogaran admitted that it was a stiff challenge for PH in winning over the voters.
Also seen during the walkabout at the morning market were Independent candidate Sallehudin Ab Talib and his election machinery. – Bernama