Siti had earlier claimed that the youth and sports minister was not going to last long in politics if he was going to be “divisive” in who he supported.

She was referring to Syed Saddiq’s refusal to apologise for allowing PPBM Youth to hand over a memorandum to the prime minister demanding that P Waytha Moorthy should resign over his handling of the riots at the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple near Subang Jaya.

In a tweet, Siti said that Syed Saddiq should have spoken up for all Malaysians.

“Waytha is not the problem. People like you is the problem.”

The Muar MP, however, denied that it was a Malay or Indian issue, saying it was a Malaysian matter.

“You’re quick to accuse others of being racists, but the reality is you’re propagating racial politics. Stop racialising everything,” he told Siti.

Syed Saddiq had said previously that he was ready to face the consequences of calling for the resignation of the beleaguered minister in the Prime Minister’s Department who is in charge of unity.

This is not the first time Syed Saddiq and Siti have been at loggerheads.

Last month, Siti slammed the young minister for saying that PPBM Youth wing would reject Malaysia’s ratification of a United Nations convention against discrimination if it weakens or erodes certain constitutional rights under Article 153, which gives preference to Bumiputeras.

She went on to accuse Syed Saddiq of adopting such a stance to gain political mileage from “what he thinks (are) his Malay constituents”.

Last year, Siti hit out at Syed Saddiq over an online petition by the party’s Selangor Youth wing objecting to Oktoberfest in the country.