Fajila will stand as a councillor in the Bastwell and Daisyfield ward of Blackburn on May 5, where nearly 84 per cent of people are of Muslim faith.
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Mother-of-four bids to become first Tory councillor to wear a niqab
Fajila Patel, 36, is hoping to join her husband Tiger Patel, who dubbed himself the 'Bojo of Blackburn' as he won a unlikely victory last year, as a councillor for Blackburn Borough Council in May's elections.