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Scottish Transport Secretary Humza Yousaf is calling on a Labour councillor to resign after he made an Islamophobic comment about the MSP. Dumfries and Galloway councillor Jim Dempster has been suspended from the party pending an investigation after making the remark about Mr Yousaf.
Mr Dempster reportedly said that if Mr Yousaf had visited the region, “he may have been at Springholm but no-one would have seen him under his burka”.
He made the comments in a meeting with Transport Scotland officials.
Mr Yousaf said he felt “insulted and deeply shocked” at the remark and is now calling for Mr Dempster to resign.