Shockat Adam has been accused of more intimidation on the election campaign (Image: Sky News)
The controversial independent MP for Leicester South has been accused of further intimidation by his campaign supporters during the general election, as a second candidate comes forward with claims.
Shockat Adam pulled of a shock victory in July, successfully unseating one of Labour’s most prominent shadow cabinet members Jonathan Ashworth.
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Mr Adam won by just 979 votes, but succeeded in overturning Mr Ashworth’s huge 22,675 majority by playing on local concerns about the Labour Party’s stance on Gaza and Israel.
Mr Ashworth has since claimed he was subjected to a torrent of abuse by activists for Mr Adam, including having to seek sanctuary in a vicarage for 45 minutes by an abusive mob.
He also claimed leaflets were sent to residents branding him “Genocide Jon” after he failed to vote for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Fellow independent candidate Osman Admani has now accused Mr Adam of further intimidation (Image: JOE Politics)
Mr Adam later shared a video of the harassment, with a spokesperson defending the intimidation as “a bit of questioning in the street”.
They added: “If Shockat ever lost touch with his voters as Jonathan did, he would expect to be held similarly accountable.”
Now a second candidate in the Leicester South election has come forward to accuse Mr Adam’s supporters of intimidation and abuse.
Osman Admani, another independent candidate who won just 339 votes in the seat, has claimed in an interview with Joe Politics that Mr Adam’s activists gathered outside his personal home just days after announcing his candidacy.
While Mr Admani was also campaigning for a ceasefire in Gaza, he claims Mr Adam’s supporters were filmed shouting his name through a loudhailer.
Mr Admani said the tactic to scare him off his candidacy was “unprecedented”.
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Mr Adam has denied knowledge of any intimidation (Image: JOE Politics)
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“They came down here shouting Shockat’s name through a speakerphone, knocking on all my neighbours’ doors, to the extent that my neighbours were intimidated and told their children to ‘stay calm’.”
He argued it was “clear intimidation tactics and clear bullying”.
Mr Admani claimed the intimidation was driven by worries among Mr Adam’s campaign team that another Muslim standing in the race would split the anti-Ashworth vote.
He denied that the allegations were about him having “sour grapes”, and he never believed he could win the seat.
Putting the claims to Mr Adam himself, Joe Politics were told by the independent MP that everybody has a right to stand in elections.
“It’s a democracy, everybody has a right to stand up and be counted. As I said before we are not a homogeneous group of people and everybody should have a right to stand.”
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Pressed on allegations that his followers were warning voters not to split the local Muslim vote, Mr Adam explained it was sensible politics to try and get voters to coalesce around one local opponent for Mr Ashworth.
“We had a 22,000 majority to overturn, and if there was two or three candidates that were seriously going to take on the Labour Party it wasn’t going to happen.
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“So I suspect they felt if there was one candidate that a majority of the constituents could get behind then it would become a two-horse race.
“If it became a three or a four-horse race there was only ever going to be one winner.”
Mr Adam denied knowledge of any intimidation or inappropriate behaviour towards Mr Admani by his supporters.