Boris Johnson orders inquiry into discrimination claim against Muslim lawmaker
January 24, 2022, 8:30 am

Boris Johnson orders inquiry into discrimination claim against Muslim lawmaker

MP Nusrat Ghani says she was sacked over her Muslim faith/Facebook page

The Malay Mail reported as per Reuters, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a lawmaker who said she was fired from a ministerial job in the government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleagues uncomfortable.

Nusrat Ghani, 49, who lost her job as a junior transport minister in February 2020, told the Sunday Times that she had been told by a “whip” — an enforcer of parliamentary discipline — that her “Muslimness” had been raised as an issue in her sacking.

Downing Street said: “The Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Office to conduct an inquiry into the allegations made by Nusrat Ghani MP.”

“As he said at the time, the Prime Minister takes these claims very seriously.”

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The government’s chief whip, Mark Spencer, said he was the person at the centre of Ghani’s allegations.

A spokesperson from the prime minister’s office said on Sunday that Johnson met Ghani to discuss the “extremely serious” claims in July 2020.

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Downing Street said that when the allegations were first made, Johnson recommended she make a formal complaint to the Conservative Campaign Headquarters.

Downing Street said: “She did not take up this offer.”

Source: malaymail

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