{"id":4337,"date":"2015-05-01T11:02:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=4337"},"modified":"2015-05-02T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T11:03:19","slug":"rabina-khan-chosen-by-lutfur-rahman-to-run-for-mayor-of-tower-hamlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/rabina-khan-chosen-by-lutfur-rahman-to-run-for-mayor-of-tower-hamlets\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabina Khan chosen by Lutfur Rahman to run for mayor of Tower Hamlets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rabina<\/a>The ousted mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, has chosen councillor Rabina Khan to stand as a candidate for the mayoral position in the east London borough.
\nThe news of her nomination was publicised yesterday evening on social media from numerous figures and supporters of Tower Hamlets First.
\nIn May 2010, Khan won her Shadwell seat in the Tower Hamlets Council election for Labour Party, where previously a Labour candidate had failed three times to win.
\nIn October 2010, she was suspended along with nine other councillors from the Labour Party for her support of Lutfur Rahman.
\nShe defected to Tower Hamlets First and thereafter in 2014, Khan was re-elected in the Shadwell ward.
\nKhan is now the Cabinet Member of Housing, Development and Renewal with a remit for delivering housing pledges.
\nLast week, London\u2019s first elected Muslim mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, was found guilty by the Election Court of electoral fraud, using the \u201cspiritual influence\u201d of a hundred imams, and bribing voters with samosas and biryani.
\nFormer mayor of London Ken Livingstone, Respect Party MP George Galloway, and the General Secretary of Unite Len McCluskey, who are the largest trade union in the UK and the Labour party\u2019s biggest donor, have all spoken out against Rahman\u2019s removal from office.
\nThe re-election for the mayoral position in Tower Hamlets will take place in June.<\/p>\n

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