Tengku Adnan, in a statement today, said BN had never appointed any individual to represent it in the party.
“Whatever decisions made in BN will involve discussions with other component parties, including in providing support to any new party.”
Previously, Penang Umno had also rejected links to the PFP, saying that it was not a BN-friendly party.
Its chairman, Zainal Abidin Osman, said the involvement of Padang Besar Member of Parliament Zahidi Zainul Abidin as PFP adviser did not represent Umno but was more in his personal capacity.
On Monday, Zahidi was reported as saying that PFP, a new BN-friendly party in Penang, intended to contest 25 state seats.