He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition.
[4] Puad only served one term in the Dewan Rakyat, after being defeated in the 2013 election by Mohd Idris Jusi of the opposition People's Justice Party (PKR).
In April 2008, Puad called for the resignation of then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi after UMNO's performance in the 2008 election.
[7][8] Puad was appointed JASA director-general in March 2015 but he quit on 25 April 2018 in protest for not being picked as a BN candidate for the 2018 general election.
He stated that these characteristics were "symptoms" which would allow parents to spot whether or not their son may be a homosexual, supporting the need to discipline them into turning straight "like it's a disease which can be cured" – a stance that is also endorsed by Malaysia's Ministry of Education because they believe that this could actually affect one's ability to learn.