Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, the granddaughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been inducted into the shadow cabinet of United Kingdom Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
She will be joining shadow minister of education Angela Rayner’s team of four as the shadow minister of early years education. ‘Delighted to join the brilliant @AngelaRayner in Shadow Education team – we will battle to hold gov to account on education and early years,’ Tulip tweeted. Her appointment comes after a shadow cabinet shake-up by Jeremy Corbyn following his re-election as Labour leader. Tulip is the daughter of Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and a niece of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Tulip was elected an MP in the May 7, 2015 election from Hampstead and Kilburn, the top of the 10 most contested seats in London. She bagged 23,977 votes against her Conservative counterpart Simon Marcus’ 22,839 votes. Born in Mitcham, London in 1982, Tulip completed two Masters degrees — one in English literature and another in Politics, Policy and Government — from King’s College London. Tulip, who became the first Bengali woman councillor in Camden Council in May 2010, first contested the parliamentary polls last year. She will be joining shadow minister of education Angela Rayner’s team of four as the shadow minister of early years education. ‘Delighted to join the brilliant @AngelaRayner in Shadow Education team – we will battle to hold gov to account on education and early years,’ Tulip tweeted. Her appointment comes after a shadow cabinet shake-up by Jeremy Corbyn following his re-election as Labour leader. Tulip is the daughter of Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and a niece of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Tulip was elected an MP in the May 7, 2015 election from Hampstead and Kilburn, the top of the 10 most contested seats in London. She bagged 23,977 votes against her Conservative counterpart Simon Marcus’ 22,839 votes. Born in Mitcham, London in 1982, Tulip completed two Masters degrees — one in English literature and another in Politics, Policy and Government — from King’s College London. Tulip, who became the first Bengali woman councillor in Camden Council in May 2010, first contested the parliamentary polls last year.
Source: New Age
