BN announces candidate withdrawal from Padang Serai polls

The Padang Serai election will mainly be a contest between Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional (PN) as BN, a partner in the federal government, will now back Harapan’s Sofee Razak.

Kedah BN chief Jamil Khir Baharom announced that his coalition’s candidate C Sivarraajh has pulled out from the race and pledged to support the Harapan candidate.

“The candidate Sivarraajh pledged his support and...