Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak has taken a swipe at former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over his stand that a vote of no confidence should be passed against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Salleh, the communications and multimedia minister, said what Dr Mahathir was not telling the people was that if such a vote was passed, it would not be just the prime minister but also the government who would fall.

"The present government is the government of Najib Razak. When hefalls thenhis government falls. And that is what DAP, PAS and PKR want.

"And it appears like this is also what Dr Mahathir wants - the collapse of the Najib Razak government," he said in a posting on his blog, sskeruak,blogspot.com.

"That's why in other countries when a vote of no confidence is passed against any prime minister, the newspapers report about the government falling, not about the prime minister falling," he said.

Sallehpointed out that for such a vote to succeed, it could only mean that Dr Mahathir had to work with the opposition to get their support.

"Even if you can get 30 UMNO or Barisan Nasional members of parliament to support the vote, you will still need 100 per cent of the members of parliament from DAP, PAS and PKRto pullit off," he explained.

He noted that at least 112 MPs were needed to pass a vote of no confidence against the prime minister.

The minister further said that Dr Mahathir's attendance at the Bersih rally over the weekend demonstrated his opposition to the prime minister.