“Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional’s base would be pleased as long as the economy is well-managed. The generosity for Sabah and Sarawak should endear Anwar’s government to East Malaysians and remove excuses for East Malaysian parties to back any attempt to change the government,” he added.

“Tahun ini sahaja 334 peserta berpendapatan bawah RM3,000 mendapat manfaat itu berbanding 236 tahun lepas. Esok kita juga akan buat lagi serahan bantuan di Banting,” katanya hari ini.

State executive councillor for poverty eradication V. Papparaidu said the programme, aimed at the underprivileged and low-income groups across all 56 state constituencies, involves an allocation of RM7.51 million.

He said, this year, Yide is also allocating almost RM1.7mil as Aidilfitri donations for 11,386 orphans from 6,388 families registered with Yide.

Selangor memperuntuk RM16.48 juta tahun ini bagi program pemberian baucar perayaan mengikut komponen kaum yang memanfaatkan 82,400 penerima.