Afzal Amin

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Afzal Amin is a former candidate for the Conservative Party in Dudley North in the 2015 general election but was forced to resign 2 months before the election.

EDL march

In March 2015 it was revealed that Amin had been in talks with the English Defence League to arrange a march in his constituency, that he would then cancel and take credit for defusing the situation.

After being suspended by the party, Amin resigned as an election candidate.[1]

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Notes

  1. BBC News Afzal Amin resigns as Conservative candidate in Dudley North, 23 March 2015, accessed 24 March 2015
  2. Nicholas Watt and Matthew Taylor, Tory candidate accused of EDL plot urged to 'fess up' and 'go now', The Guardian, 22 March 2015, accessed same day