List of whips in the Dewan Rakyat  Whips have managed business and maintained party discipline for Malaysia's federal political parties in the Dewan Rakyat. A party's more senior whip held the title "Chief Whip", while the more junior whip was styled "Deputy Whip". By the ruling coalition's convention, the deputy prime minister also become the BN's chief whip, whose main task is to ensure that backbenchers' toe the party line and support all bills the government tables in Parliament.