"Three Bangladeshi daughters" draw attention ahead of UK polls Thursday

Three Bangladeshi-origin women candidates drew an extra focus in media, several of those dubbing them as 'three daughters" or "tin kanya" of Bangladesh as Britain goes to snap general elections Thursday, reports BSS.

Fourteen candidates of Bangladeshi origin are contesting in the June 8 UK polls but Bangbandhu's granddaughter Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and Dr Rupa Huq grabbed most public attention while all the three were fielded in the polls by the opposition Labour Party.

The number of Bangladeshi-origin candidates in 2015 UK polls was 11, of which the three daughters recorded victory which their success appeared to have partly encouraged three more having identical nationalistic background to vie the crucial elections after Britain's exit from European Union (EU), known as Brexit.

Of the 14 candidates 8 including the "three daughters" are contesting as Labour Party candidates, one as Liberal Democrat, one as Friends Party nominee and 4 as independent contenders.

But unlike others the three daughters Tulip, Sheikh Rehana's daughter and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's niece, Rushanara and Rupa are in an advantageous position since they are elected members of British parliament.

The elections gave them an extra edge as they are competing from the constituencies which elected them to parliament only two years ago.

Of the rests two are women -- Marina Ahmed and Raushan Ara -- both candidates of Labour Party which also nominated Bangladeshi-British Anwar Babul Miah, Foysol Chowdhury MBE and Abdullah Rumel Khan in the polls.

Saju Miah is standing as a Liberal Democrats candidate, while Afzal Choudhry is competing from the minor Friends Party.

Ajmal Masroor, Oliur Rahman, Abu Nowshed and Mirza Zillur are contesting as independent candidates.

Tulip is fighting to retain her seat in crucial Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in London having Liberal Democrat Kirsty Allan, Conservative Claire-Louise Leyland, Green Party's John Mansook and independent candidates Hugh Easterbrook and Rainbow George Weiss as her rivals.