Lim said Hadi’s statement was insulting and unbecoming of a leader of the party.

“I have read a report in The Star on the Selangor crisis. It appears that Hadi has used some extreme words about us.

“I am quite surprised that he used such words. DAP is not even contesting in the coming twin by-elections in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar. So why involve us?

“If he felt his statement was misquoted or translated wrongly, then he should take action to correct it,” he said.

The Star Online reported that Selangor PAS executive councillors were told to resign if the Islamist party was adamant about contesting in the by-elections.

The report claimed that Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali, who is also PKR deputy president, had issued this warning to Selangor PAS Commissioner Iskandar Samad and state exco members Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Zaidy Abdul Talib, after the state exco meeting on Wednesday. Azmin wants PKR to contest the Sungai Besar by-election.

The report, written by the daily’s political writer Joceline Tan, also claimed that Hadi was unfazed and told his men “to be prepared” for a possible expulsion from the state government.

Hadi had apparently said PAS would contest in the by-elections and had told a closed-door meeting that he “would rather herd the cows of Umno than herd the pigs of DAP”.

Meanwhile, Lim said if Hadi had made such remarks, then he had “no nationalism” as a peace-loving Malaysian.