‘Shameful’ London councillor Sabina Khan is working for election in Bangladesh.
Sabina Khan’s critics are calling for her to step down (Picture: Fb)
A London councillor has allegedly pocketed £20,000 of taxpayers’ money whereas campaigning for an election in Bangladesh. Sabina Khan has come underneath stress to resign after it emerged she was searching for political workplace within the south Asian nation, which is over 5,000 miles away from the UK.
Ms Khan’s wage is reportedly made up of £11,898 paid to her as a councillor and £8,702 for her function as scrutiny lead for assets at Tower Hamlets Council in east London. A councillor who switched allegiance from Labour to the Aspire Celebration, Ms Khan is standing for the Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) within the Galopgonj division.
The native authority is led by Aspire, which is spearheaded by Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman. He obtained a 5 12 months ban from holding public workplace after being discovered responsible of corrupt and fraudulent practices by a courtroom in 2015, allegations which he denied.
Social media posts appeared to indicate Ms Khan campaigning within the Bangladeshi metropolis of Sylhet in January, in line with the Telegraph.
Council information present Ms Khan was at a gathering on January 21, however wasn’t at quite a few committee conferences in individual.
Regardless of it not being grounds for disqualification from being a councillor, working for workplace abroad has sparked stress on Ms Khan to relinquish her scrutiny function.
Peter Golds, a Conservative councillor at Tower Hamlets, stated on social media: “That is shameful, not least as a result of different members are selecting up casework from this absentee member.
“As well as she will be able to hardly lead on Scrutiny 5,000 miles away from the borough. Deselected by the Labour Celebration in Brent, why did Tower Hamlets Labour choose her as a candidate in 2022?”
A spokesperson for Tower Hamlets Labour Celebration stated the individuals of the borough deserve higher, including: “They’re paying her to marketing campaign for workplace in a special nation while she is supposed to be enterprise a severe function in scrutinising how this council takes care of its funds.”
A spokesperson for Tower Hamlets Council stated “related councillors” had been knowledgeable by the native authority’s monitoring officer that searching for political workplace in different international locations whereas serving as councillors was unacceptable and councillors should focus solely on the residents they characterize and on the roles they undertake within the council.
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They added: “Councillor Khan has assured the Aspire Group whip that she stays dedicated to her constituents and her duties to the council.”
Ms Khan and Aspire have been approached for remark.
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