Kemi Badenoch has called on the Prime Minister to sack Finance Minister Tulip Siddique. Named in the investigation. His family embezzled up to £3.9bn from infrastructure spending in Bangladesh.
In a post on X, the Conservative Party leader said: “It’s time for Keir Starmer to sack Tulip Siddique,” adding that the prime minister had “appointed a personal friend of his as anti-corruption minister and She is accusing herself of corruption”.
This follows the comments of Bangladesh’s new leader Mohammad Younis. told the Sunday Times That Siddiq should apologize after reports that she lives in London properties with links to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted as Bangladesh’s prime minister last year and is at the center of a corruption probe. are
Siddiq has referred himself to the Prime Minister’s Standards Adviser and insists he has done nothing wrong.
In a letter to Sir Laurie Magnus, who oversees standards among government ministers, he said: “I am clear that I have done nothing wrong.”
Downing Street previously confirmed that Sir Lowry will now carry out a “fact-finding” exercise to determine whether “further action”, including a further investigation, is needed.
In a post on X, the Conservative Party leader said: “It’s time for Keir Starmer to sack Tulip Siddique,” adding that the prime minister had “appointed a personal friend of his as anti-corruption minister and She is accusing herself of corruption”.
Badinovich said Siddique had “become a distraction when the government should be focusing on dealing with the financial problems he created”.
He added: “The government of Bangladesh is now expressing serious reservations about his links with Sheikh Hasina’s government”.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Bangladeshi leader said properties used by Siddique should be investigated and returned to his government if they were obtained through “plain robbery”.
Siddique is the Economic Secretary to Finance and is responsible for dealing with economic crimes, money laundering and illicit finance.
The charges are part of a wider investigation by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Hasina Wajid.who was in charge of Bangladesh for more than 20 years, and was seen as an autocrat whose rule ruthlessly stifled dissent.
Since fleeing the country, Sheikh Hasina has been charged with a number of crimes by the new Bangladeshi government.
In his letter to Sir Laurie Magnus following the allegations, Siddique said: “In recent weeks I have been the subject of media reporting, much of it false, about my finances and my family’s links to the former Bangladesh government. I was.”
“I am clear that I have done nothing wrong,” she added: “However, for the avoidance of doubt, I would like you to independently establish the facts about these matters.
Meanwhile, Sir Kiir told reporters he had confidence in his minister, adding that Siddique “did absolutely the right thing” by referring himself for investigation.