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'PM wrote to me that he could not get involved': Nusrat Ghani urged Boris Johnson to investigate 'Muslimness' claims
Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani has said Boris Johnson told her he "could not get involved" after she claimed to have been sacked because of concerns about her "Muslimness".
Earlier, the prime minister's official spokesman confirmed the pair met to discuss her claims that a Tory whip told her her faith was "raised as an issue" after she was sacked as a junior transport minister in a February 2020 re-shuffle.
The spokesman added that nine days after the conversation, Mr Johnson "wrote to her expressing his serious concern" and "invited" her to lodge a formal complaint.
However, in a statement, Ms Ghani said: "When I told the PM in June 2020 what had been said to me in the government Whips' office I urged him to take it seriously as a government matter and instigate an inquiry.
"He wrote to me that he could not get involved and suggested I use the internal Con
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NUSRAT GHANI, MP FOR WEALDEN IN 2019
We wonder if they will now uppstart building affordable housing units that are sustainable in terms of climate change? A local resident has written to Nus Ghani, Wealden's MP to ask:
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Chief whip denies claims he told Tory MP she was sacked as a minister due to her Muslim faith
The chief whip has said an MP's claims that she was sacked as a minister because of her Muslim faith are "completely false".
Nusrat Ghani, the 49-year-old Conservative MP for Wealden in East Sussex, was sacked as transport minister in a February 2020 re-shuffle.
Ms Ghani said she was told by a whip, who she did not identify, that her "Muslimness was raised as an issue" at a meeting in Downing Street.
She said she was also told that her "Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable" and that there were concerns "that I wasn't loyal to the party as I didn't do enough to defend the party against Islamophobia allegations".
Chief whip reveals he is whip in question
Chief Whip Mark Spencer said in a statement: "To ensure other whips are not drawn into this matter, I am identifying myself as the person Nusrat Ghani MP has made claims about this evening.
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