Hilman Idham added Azmin enjoys strong support from party division chiefs, the women’s wings and members.

“Impossible,” he told FMT when asked on rumours that Azmin will leave PKR soon, especially after a rift between him and party president Anwar Ibrahim after a gay sex video allegedly implicating him.

Azmin has strongly denied the allegations.

Hilman, who is also Gombak Setia assemblyman, added that Azmin had the “political legitimacy” to continue being the No 2 in the party and news about him leaving PKR to join other parties may have been started by those who had lost out to Azmin previously in party elections.

He said this kind of slander was aimed at pushing Azmin out of PKR so that “those in the party can then do what they like”.

“Unfortunately, this is not happening. Azmin will continue to be with the party,” added Hilman.

Speculation over Azmin leaving the party has been ongoing this week, especially after PPBM opened its membership to non-Malays as associate members.

Some have claimed this move was to pave the way for Azmin to leave the party and for his non-Malay supporters to join as associate members.