LABOUR Lothians list MSP Foysol Choudhury has been suspended by the Labour Party.
It’s understood that the Labour Party has received a complaint of inappropriate conduct by the MSP, who was recently selected as Labour’s prospective candidate for the redrawn Edinburgh Northern seat in next May’s Holyrood elections.
No details of the allegation have been released, but in a short statement party officials confirmed that Mr Choudhury has been suspended while an investigation takes place:
Foysol Choudhury has made no comment and the MSP will continue to attend Holyrood as an independent MSP while investigations are ongoing.
Bangladeshi-born Mr Choudhury was first elected to Holyrood in 2021 as one of seven Lothians list MSPs elected through the Scottish Parliament’s proportional representation system.
SNP MP Kirsty Blackman said Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar “must urgently come clean on the reasons why yet another Labour Party MSP has been suspended.”
Scottish Conservative deputy leader Rachael Hamilton said: “Labour should should be as transparent as possible about what’s happened.”
