British PM Johnson orders inquiry over anti-Muslim discrimination in party

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LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a lawmaker who said she was fired from a ministerial job in the governmentMs Nusrat Ghani, 49, who lost her job as

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a junior transport minister in February 2020, told the Sunday Times that she had been told by a"whip" - an enforcer of parliamentary discipline - that her"Muslimness" had been raised as an issue in her sacking.

"The Prime Minister has asked the Cabinet Office to conduct an inquiry into the allegations made by Nusrat Ghani MP," Downing Street said.The government's chief whip, Mr Mark Spencer, said he was the person at the centre of Ms Ghani's allegations. He said they were completely false and defamatory.Mr Johnson met Ms Ghani to discuss the"extremely serious" claims in July 2020, a spokesman from the Prime Minister's office said on Sunday.

Downing Street said that when the allegations were first made, Mr Johnson recommended she make a formal complaint to the Conservative Campaign Headquarters.Ms Ghani's allegation came after one of her Conservative colleagues said he would meet police to discuss accusations that government whips had attempted to"blackmail" lawmakers suspected of trying to force Mr Johnson from office over lockdown parties.

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