Tulip Siddiq got her break in politics after pressure from her aunt’s party, video reveals
TULIP Siddiq got her break in politics after pressure from her aunt’s party, a video reveals.
It raises fresh questions on her ties to Bangladesh’s toppled Awami League regime.
The anti-corruption minister is being probed on claims she benefited from London properties linked to the party — led by her despot aunt Sheikh Hasina.
In 2010, Ms Siddiq was elected as a councillor in Camden, North London, five years before becoming a Labour MP.
In the video, former Camden mayor Nasim Ali said he put her in his Cabinet after meeting with her mum Sheikh Rehana and Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, both leading Awami League figures.
He said Mr Chowdhury would ask him “all the time . . . to support Tulip”.
And he said of her role: “She might not have experience but she was very knowledgeable.
“Tulip’s grandfather [ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Mujibur Rahman] was a great leader.”
Mr Ali has insisted any roles s has got were based on her “hard work, knowledge, commitment and dedication”.
She is being probed over a £700,000 North London flat gifted to her family by an ally of her aunt.
Sheikh Hasina and her family are accused of embezzling billions of pounds from Bangladesh.
Ms Siddiq denies wrongdoing.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tweeted last night: “It’s time for Keir Starmer to sack Tulip Siddiq.”