The picture also includes the caption: “I fund Labour.”
The other image posted by Hussain is a similar-looking caricature of a man holding up a placard which reads: “Imagine being so vile, sneaky and disgusting that laws have to be created to keep normal people from hating or condemning you.”
An image posted by independent candidate Sharat Hussain (Campaign Against Antisemitism)[Missing Credit]
The two posts are no longer publicly available but were pictured by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), while the post on X is still visible.
A spokesperson for the CAA said: “These graphics belong in Nazi Germany – not, as it is alleged, on the social media page of an independent political candidate for the upcoming local elections. This rhetoric is revolting, and has no place in our public discourse."
An image posted by independent candidate Sharat Hussain (Campaign Against Antisemitism)[Missing Credit]
In a political campaign also posted on his X on march 23, Hussain, who is seen in his election portrait wearing a keffiyeh, promises to donate 50 per cent of his wages to Palestine. The average annual salary for a non-cabinet member councillor is approximately £10,000.
As well as this pledge, he also promises to work towards a “safer community” and “cleaner streets”.
Bradford Council is currently made up of 89 seats of which Labour holds the majority with 46. Conservative and Queensbury Independent group has 14 seats, followed by the Green Party with ten. The Bradford Independent Group holds nine seats, the independents hold six, and the Liberal Democrats have four.
The JC contacted Hussain for comment
