Lim Kit Siang has claimed that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is pretending to feel confident about his prospects in the next general election.

The DAP veteran was responding to a news report which claimed that Najib had told his Umno division chiefs last night that the majority of the 1.6 million civil servants are returning to support BN.

“When and how long did Najib and the BN government lose the support of the majority of the 1.6 million civil servants?” asked Lim in a statement.