“They had wrongly analysed and predicted BN’s demise in 2018.

Currently, there are four parties applying to join BN as core component members. If Umno and BN and other component parties have reached the end of their political life, it would be impossible for those parties to want to join BN.

“Based on our resurgence, BN’s rise in Sabah in the state election; on our performance in the Melaka and Johor state elections, I am confident BN will rise once again in GE15,” he said at a dinner with BN supreme council members and Sabah BN leaders.

“Malaysians miss BN, our citizens love BN, and they want to see BN reclaim Putrajaya. If they (Malaysians) have put their hopes on us, please don’t let them down. We have confidence in them, so they have placed their hopes in us,” he said.

He pledged the support of the BN leadership for Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s leadership as head of the federal government.

“BN will continue to support all government policies….we want to win the voters’ mandate, hopefully BN will triumph, not only in Putrajaya but also other states, including Sabah,” he said.