Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- The UK's Communities Secretary Steve Reed has said he is "appalled" that serving London councillors are campaigning to become MPs in Bangladesh while holding their posts in Tower Hamlets.

On Tuesday, the the Evening Standard reported that councillors Sabina Khan and Ohid Ahmed are standing as candidates for Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), even as they continue to serve in east London.

According to the British daily, Sabina was elected as a Labour councillor in Mile End in 2022 but defected to the borough's ruling Aspire party last year. She has missed more than half of her council meetings this year due to being out of the country.

In a letter to Tower Hamlets Council, Reed said: "I am appalled that any councillor...