Raab urges Nusrat Ghani to press charges against Islamophobia allegations

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Sunday, January 23, 2022 11:08 a.m.

Nusrat Ghani told The Sunday Times that after she was sacked as transport minister in 2020, a government whip told her that her “Muslimness had been raised as an issue” at a Downing Street meeting and that her “status as a female Muslim minister made her colleagues uncomfortable”. .

Tory MP Nusrat Ghani is set to lodge a formal complaint over allegations that she was sacked as minister because she was Muslim, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has said.

Raab said the allegations were “incredibly serious” and that there will only be a Conservative Party investigation if Ghani files a formal complaint.

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Ghani told The Sunday Times that after she was sacked as transport minister in 2020, a government whip told her that her “Muslimness had been raised as an issue” at a Downing Street meeting and that her “status as a female Muslim minister made her colleagues uncomfortable”.

She said she kept quiet about the allegation because she didn’t want to be “ostracized by colleagues”.

“It was like being punched in the stomach. I felt humiliated and helpless,” she said.

Chief Government Whip Mark Spencer denied the claim, saying it was “completely untrue”.

Asked if he believes Ghani, Raab told Sky News: “It’s incredibly serious – let me be clear from the start. We have absolutely zero tolerance for any discrimination, any Islamophobia, within the Conservative Party.

“On these specific allegations, it is highly unusual, but the Chief Whip came out and said the relevant conversation was with him, Mark Spencer. He flatly denied in what can only be described as the strongest terms. direct and most robust, calling it defamatory.

“The only point I would like to note is that if there are complaints like this, they should result in a formal complaint which allows a formal investigation to take place. As the Chief Whip pointed out , Nus hasn’t filed a formal complaint. He was asked to do so. This dates back to 2020. And in the absence of this, there will be no specific investigation into this matter.

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