article_snippet.sent: The Labour candidate in Britain's most marginal seat was last night accused of failing to tell voters that she met Vladimir Putin in Moscow two years ago when a controversial billion-dollar arms deal was signed.
article_snippet.sent: Tulip Siddiq, a former aide to Ed Miliband, and who is standing for Labour in Hampstead, was at the Kremlin with she aunt, the hardline leader of Bangladesh who is accused of human rights abuses.
article_snippet.sent: A smiling Ms Siddiq was photographed alongside Vladimir Putin and Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and A smiling Ms Siddiq mother Rehana.
article_snippet.sent: But the Tories last night accused A smiling Ms Siddiq of trying to conceal A smiling Ms Siddiq extraordinary links to Vladimir Putin and Sheikh Hasina.
article_snippet.sent: A smiling Ms Siddiq was last night accused of failing to tell voters that A smiling Ms Siddiq Moscow .
article_snippet.sent: They claimed A smiling Ms Siddiq appears to have gone to great lengths to cover up A smiling Ms Siddiq trip in January 2013 – just six months before A smiling
article_snippet.sent: Ms Siddiq won a hotly-contested Labour selection contest in Hampstead – and A smiling Ms Siddiq links with Sheikh Hasina.
article_snippet.sent: the Tories also said A smiling Ms Siddiq had deleted postings and photographs on A smiling Ms Siddiq blog which showed how A smiling Ms Siddiq campaigned to get A smiling Ms Siddiq aunt re-elected.
article_snippet.sent: And They questioned why A smiling Ms Siddiq 1,200-word official Labour profile made no mention of Vladimir Putin, the arms deal or being a member of a ruling Bangladeshi dynasty.
article_snippet.sent: A Tory official said: 'It seems very odd that A smiling Ms Siddiq has appeared to try to conceal the most interesting parts of A smiling Ms Siddiq political life.'
article_snippet.sent: Retiring Labour MP Glenda Jackson won Hampstead with a majority of just 42 in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Last night a Labour spokesman said: 'Tulip is proud of A smiling Ms Siddiq background and has always been very open about her background.'
article_snippet.sent: As for the photograph, a Labour spokesman said: 'Tulip was totally separate from any official delegation but was invited to an event with A smiling Ms Siddiq family.'