PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s statement that BN is seeking to defend all 21 state seats it holds in Melaka reflected Zahid’s personal view and that negotiations were ongoing. PETALING JAYA : PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang says Perikatan Nasional (PN) has begun preliminary talks with Barisan Nasional (BN) on seat allocations for the upcoming Melaka state election. “The Melaka state assembly has yet to be dissolved, but discussions, especially on Malay-Muslim unity, are ongoing. Hadi was responding to BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who said BN was seeking to defend all 21 seats it currently holds in the upcoming Melaka state election. The current term of the Melaka state assembly ends in December, unless it is dissolved earlier.