Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani, who became the first Muslim woman to be a UK government minister when she was appointed to a post at the Department for Transport, has said that her faith was raised as a reason for her sacking in 2020, the BBC reported.
"I was told that at the reshuffle meeting in Downing Street that my ‘Muslim women minister’ status was making colleagues uncomfortable," Ghani, Britain`s first female Muslim minister, said.
Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani, who became the first Muslim woman to be a UK government minister when she was appointed to a post at the Department for Transport, has said that her faith was raised as a reason for her sacking in 2020, the BBC reported.