You lost, and your son sidelined - Puad tells Dr M

UPDATED 2PM | Added Razlan Rafii’s defence of Zahid.

Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad does not like losing, according to Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi.

However, he said the 99-year-old politician had suffered numerous setbacks, including witnessing his political heir Mukhriz being sidelined from mainstream politics.

In the final analysis, Puad surmised that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had “won” but Mahathir “lost”.

He was commenting on Mahathir’s diatribe against Zahid, whom...