Similar to his MCA counterpart, MIC president Dr S Subramaniam has also accused DAP of misleading Chinese voters.

Subramaniam said this was because DAP allied itself with Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah), which he described as "a slightly mutated gene of PAS".

"DAP is courting Amanah passionately.

"Will the Chinese be misled again? To date, there has been no objection from Amanah about hudud. PAS is also starting to show its real self.

"Rejection of PAS is rejection of hudud," he added in a media statement in relation to the June 18 Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar by-elections.

Subramaniam, who is also health minister, said MIC would continue its fight against hudud and reiterated his plan to resign from the cabinet should the bill be passed.

"I still believe good sense will prevail and we can prevent this nation from going on this dangerous track.

"We will use the spirit of consensus within BN to ensure the spirit enshrined within the constitution is honoured and upheld," he added.

The MIC leader said while PAS had made its intentions clear on hudud, its splinter party Amanah had yet to voice its objection toward the Islamic penal code.

"Both these parties have been proposing extremist religious policies which are not consistent with multiracial Malaysia," he added.

However, both BN candidates for the twin by-elections have also been coy about hudud.

Yesterday, BN's Kuala Kangsar candidate Mastura Mohd Yazid, when asked about her views on hudud, said for now she preferred to focus on the needs of the local people.

Similarly, Sungai Besar candidate Budiman Mohd Zohdi curtly told reporters, "let me win first", when fielding the same question.

Meanwhile, Amanah said the party was not against hudud, but said it should not be a priority under syariah law.

Earlier, MCA president Liow Tiong Lai cautioned Chinese voters not to allow DAP to dupe them again, stressing that PAS and Amanah shared the same DNA.