A FORMER councillor who was deselected ahead of this year’s local elections is calling for an investigation into a ‘campaign’ against her.
Saima Afzal MBE, who was first elected as a Labour councillor for Blackburn Central in 2018 before being deselected last year, says that she was undermined and ill-treated from the start by fellow councillors in a manner that would be classed as ‘honour-based abuse’ had it happened outside of the political arena.
She has said that she is not seeking another seat on the council but that the investigation is intended to get to the truth of the matter.