‘No politics today’: Gobind defers comment on Ong Kian Ming’s DAP resignation during National Day celebrations

DAP national chairman Gobind Singh Deo has deferred comment on former Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming's resignation from the party, stating that National Day is not the time for politics. Ong, who announced his resignation from DAP with immediate effect after 14 years in the party, said he intends to continue contributing to public life alongside like-minded individuals and will assist former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin in his campaign for the 16th general election.

He did not plan to join another political party or contest in GE16. Ong's departure comes two weeks after DAP delegates backed keeping the party's ministers and deputy ministers in the federal government until the end of the current parliamentary term, with Ong having publicly discussed the arguments for both remaining in government and withdrawing from Cabinet as a means of pressing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for faster reforms.

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