A Gerakan leader has called for all race- and religion-based political parties to be banned in Malaysia.

Baljit Singh, the party’s national legal and human rights bureau chief, believes that it is high time to consider the move, as Malaysia has already been independent for six decades.

"I am making the call for all quarters, including the Pakatan Harapan government, to think about it rationally, without fear or favour, to consider banning these racial and religious parties...