Following the setting up of Parti Kuasa Rakyat, a multiracial party spearheaded by the brother of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, an Umno leader asked the government to approve the application of Muda as a political party.

Taking to Facebook, Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi said there is no reason for the government to be afraid of former Youth and Sports Minister and Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.