“I hope in the 16th general election or in the next state election, we will wrest back the two state seats in Pasir Salak. In fact, Insha-Allah we will also recapture the Pasir Salak parliamentary seat,” he said.

He said this in his speech at the Pasir Salak Umno division Aidilfitri open house in Kampong Gajah here today, which was also attended by Perak menteri besar Saarani Mohamad.

The Pasir Salak parliamentary constituency and the two state seats under it were won by Perikatan Nasional in the last general election, with Jamaludin Yahya capturing Pasir Salak, and Zainol Fadzi Paharudin and Zafarulazhan Zan winning the Sungai Manik and Kampong Gajah state seats respectively.

On another matter, Zahid, who is deputy prime minister and rural and regional development minister, announced that the road and bridge linking Bagan Datuk to Kampung Sejagop would be opened to the public on May 31.

At today’s event, Saarani also submitted an application to Zahid for the redevelopment of the Pasir Salak Historical Complex by the tourism, arts and culture ministry.