{"id":1745,"date":"2013-07-19T08:54:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T02:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartabangla.com\/english\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2013-07-19T08:54:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T02:54:49","slug":"tulip-says-no-to-dynasty-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/tulip-says-no-to-dynasty-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulip says no to dynasty politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tulip-in-london.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1746\" alt=\"tulip in london\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tulip-in-london.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a>BartaBangla Report :: Bangabandhu\u2019s Granddaughter Tulip Siddiq categorically said she did not want to join in dynasty politics in Bangladesh so she took part in British politics.<\/p>\n<p>She came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at a press conference in London on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday last, Tulip had been nominated as a candidate for the British opposition Labour Party from the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency for the United Kingdom\u2019s next general election to be held in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In reply to a question, Tulip said, \u201cMy grandfather was a founder of Bangladesh, aunt Sheikh Hasina is the incumbent Prime Minister and if I joined in Bangladesh politics, you people would say it\u2019s dynasty politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Urging help and well wish, Tulip said, \u201cI am a British, a Muslim and Bangladesh is my motherland.<\/p>\n<p>Describing how she has come to this stage, Tulip Siddiq said, \u201cAt first I became councilor there and then became policy adviser to the Labour Party. And gradually I got the nomination as part of my efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mentioning the first Bengali Member of British Parliament Roshnara Ali, Tulip said she inspired me like many others to join in British politics.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Rehana, the mother of Tulip, who was also present at the function said, \u201cI used to look for jobs desperately on the streets of Kilburn then as I had no place to stay in. My daughter was nominated there which place stayed beside me during that hard time.<\/p>\n<p>All have done through Tulip\u2019s own efforts and all credit goes to her so far, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Later, she sought blessings for her daughter from all in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Tulip, daughter of Shafiq Siddiq and Sheikh Rehana, studied English literature for her Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degree at the University College of London.<\/p>\n<p>She did a second Master\u2019s in Politics, Policy and Government before pursuing a career in British politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BartaBangla Report :: Bangabandhu\u2019s Granddaughter Tulip Siddiq categorically said she did not want to join in dynasty politics in Bangladesh so she took part in British politics. She came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at a press conference in London on Thursday. On Sunday last, Tulip had been nominated as a candidate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartabangla.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}