The Malaysian Indian People's Party (MIPP) has swatted back the “mosquito party” label at Umno, contrasting it with the bigger bugs buzzing around the Malaysian landscape such as PAS, DAP and Bersatu.

MIPP's deputy president S Subramaniam made the jab after Umno's Puad Zarkashi criticised the Perikatan Nasional party as irrelevant and that he wasn’t even aware of its existence.

In his response, Subramaniam suggested that...