Tulip enjoyed 2019 WC match freebie with Awami League MP: Telegraph
Tulip Siddiq, MP for UK Hampstead and Highgate, enjoyed free hospitality at a cricket match alongside a member of her ousted aunt Sheikh Hasina's regime, according to the Telegraph.
Tulip accepted seats in a box at the Lord's Cricket Ground during the cricket world cup in 2019 alongside her siblings and other attendees, including Kazi Nabil Ahmed – a former Awami League politician, said a Telegraph report published yesterday.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Hasina is now in India, having been ousted last year after 15 years in power. During her tenure, opponents were attacked, arrested and secretly imprisoned as the regime carried out extrajudicial killings.
Tulip has sought to distance herself from her aunt's regime. But the Telegraph revealed this week how Awami League members campaigned for both her and Sir Keir Starmer during the 2019 general election campaign.
She has referred herself to the prime minister's ethics adviser over allegations surrounding her use of properties linked to her aunt's Awami League supporters in London.
It can now be revealed that the MP for Hampstead and Highgate went to two Cricket World Cup matches in the summer of 2019, according to her register of interests, with each ticket valued at £358.80, including lunch. The first match saw Bangladesh face New Zealand at the Oval on 5th June 2019, with Tulip also at the Bangladesh vs Pakistan clash at Lord's a month later.
Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating Kazi Nabil, a spokesman for the ACC told The Telegraph, alongside other Awami League ministers and MPs.
Nabil was an Awami League MP between 2014 and 2024, before reportedly fleeing the country following the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina regime, the Telegraph reports.
A spokesperson for Tulip said, "This was declared transparently and in line with the rules."
Following last year's election, supporters of the Awami League turned up on Tulip's doorstep to congratulate her with flowers.
The house in north London is owned by Abdul Karim, a businessman said to be an ally of Sheikh Hasina.
Labour sources said Tulip moved into the home for security reasons and have previously claimed some neighbours did not even know she lived there, the Telegraph said.
It is unclear whether he was invited or turned up unannounced, but Mohammed Ayas, a member of the Awami Youth Wing, took a photo himself on her doorstep and presented her with flowers following her re-election last year.
The post on Facebook was deleted after The Telegraph asked Labour about how supporters of the Awami League knew the address of Tulip.
Labour sources said private citizens who may know Tulip hold their own beliefs and it did not mean any wrongdoing on her part, the report said.
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