Bangladesh's Yunus government is after the UK's female minister, the Prime Minister is also under pressure.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to remove Labour Minister Tulip Siddiq as Tulip is accused of taking assets from supporters of the former Bangladesh government. Bangladesh's interim leader Mohammad Yunus has criticised her actions and demanded an investigation.

However, Siddiq has denied any wrongdoing and has called for an independent investigation. Bangladesh's new regime has accused him and his family of accepting properties as gifts from former regime allies, mounting pressure on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to sack him.

Let us tell you that Tulip Siddiq is the niece of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina and is the Labour Minister of the Labour Party. Siddiq is the economic secretary of the Treasury and has been involved in campaigns against corruption in the financial markets in Britain.


Yunus told The Sunday Times that he wanted the properties to be investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), insisting that assets bought by Hasina's Awami League allies should be returned to Bangladesh. "This is the intention of the interim government, how to get them back?" Yunus told the paper.

Opposition leaders attacked

After the allegations against Siddiq, opposition leaders have also started taking advantage of this opportunity. Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch on Sunday demanded Prime Minister Starmer to sack Siddiq. Badenoch said, "Starmer appointed his friend as anti-corruption minister who is herself accused of corruption." Starmer had said last week that he trusts Siddiq.

Chief Adviser Yunus said it was an "irony" that Siddique was accused of corruption and she became the anti-corruption minister and defended herself.

Siddiqui lives in a house worth 22 crores.

The Sunday Times reported that a company linked to two Bangladeshi businessmen gifted a flat in Hampstead to barrister Moin Ghani, who represented Hasina's government, in 2005. Ghani gave it to Siddique's sister Azmina in 2009 and Siddique moved in. Siddique also owns a flat in Kings Cross that was given to her in 2004 by Abdul Motalif, who has links to the Awami League.

She rented it out and now lives on rent in the house of UK Awami League executive member Abdul Karim Nazim, which is worth £2.1 million (Rs 22 crore).