ALOR GAJAH: Cooperation between Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) machinery in the Melaka election has improved, with both sides increasingly working together on the campaign trail.

Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the development was a good sign for BN and its candidates.

He said the cooperation was better than during the Negri Sembilan election, when the machinery of both coalitions campaigned separately.

He said this was evident in Melaka, where BN and PN campaign machinery had been attending campaign programmes together, particularly night ceramah.