Tengku Adnan, who is also the Putrajaya Umno division chief, said he was optimistic the people would continue to support Umno and BN because the coalition has a clear goal and direction in developing the country, in addition to having a good track record.

“If the people look back on what BN has done, they will continue to support BN.

“BN is a multiracial, multicultural and multi-ethnic party, representing all the communities, whether Malay, Chinese or Indian,” he told Bernama.

Yesterday, BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Umno and BN had decided to go solo in GE15, following PAS’ decision to strengthen its collaboration with Perikatan Nasional.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had earlier said the decision was made in the spirit of uniting the ummah.

Elaborating on the cooperation between PAS and Bersatu, Tengku Adnan, who is also known as Ku Nan, said: “That is their choice. We respect that, and we hope they succeed.

“We once tried to unite all parties through Muafakat Nasional, but it did not work out. So we decided to go solo.”

He also said Putrajaya Umno had made thorough preparations for GE15 and is only waiting for the important dates to be announced by the Election Commission.

Asked whether he would be defending the Putrajaya parliamentary seat, he said: “Insya Allah.”

In GE14, Tengku Adnan retained the Putrajaya parliamentary seat, garnering a majority of 3,372 votes to defeat Zainal Abidin Kidam of PAS and Samsu Adabi Mamat of PKR.