article_snippet.sent: Labour candidate was last night accused of failing to tell voters that Tulip Siddiq 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 Tulip Siddiq aunt, the hardline leader of Bangladesh who is accused of human rights abuses.
article_snippet.sent: Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq was photographed alongside Vladimir Putin and Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Tulip Siddiq mother Rehana.
article_snippet.sent: Tulip Siddiq 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 Moscow .
article_snippet.sent: But the Tories last night accused Tulip Siddiq of trying to conceal Tulip Siddiq extraordinary links to Vladimir Putin and Sheikh Hasina.
article_snippet.sent: Putin and Sheikh Hasina claimed Tulip Siddiq appears to have gone to great lengths to cover up Tulip Siddiq trip in January 2013 – just six months before Tulip Siddiq won a hotly-contested Labour selection contest in Hampstead – and Tulip Siddiq links with Sheikh Hasina.
article_snippet.sent: the Tories also said Tulip Siddiq had deleted postings and photographs on Tulip Siddiq blog which showed how Tulip Siddiq campaigned to get Tulip Siddiq aunt re-elected.
article_snippet.sent: And Putin and Sheikh Hasina questioned why Tulip 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 Tulip Siddiq has appeared to try to conceal the most interesting parts of Tulip Siddiq political life.'
article_snippet.sent: Last night a Labour spokesman said: 'Tulip is proud of Tulip 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 Tulip Siddiq family.'
article_snippet.sent: Last night accused Tulip Siddiq of trying to conceal Tulip Siddiq extraordinary links to Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured)
highlights_snippet.sent: Tulip Siddiq accused of failing to tell voters
highlights_snippet.sent: Tulip Siddiq met Vladimir Putin in 2013 .
  