Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and a member of the House of Commons in the UK, hopes that Bangladeshi men will also make their way into the British parliament alongside women.
Tulip, daughter of Sheikh Rehana and niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, made the statement during a brief stay at Sylhet airport yesterday morning.
The 32-year-old British MP credited her victory to the relentless support of expatriate Bangladeshis, especially the people of Sylhet in the UK.
Tulip said she came here first to express her gratitude to the people of Sylhet during her first visit to Bangladesh after being elected as a British MP.
During her stay, her husband Christian William and her mother Sheikh Rehana accompanied her.
Tulip arrived at 9:55am and left for Dhaka at 11:30am.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor Dr Aminul Haque Bhuiyan, local lawmakers Yahya Chowdhury and Shahana Rabbani, and Sylhet unit Awami League Organising Secretary Advocate Misbah Uddin Siraj were present at the airport to receive her, among others.
Tulip Siddiq was elected MP for Hampstead and Kilburn with Britain’s Labour Party’s ticket on May 7 this year.
