SHE’S had a meteoric rise in politics but can Fiji-born Simita Kumar capture Edinburgh South from Labour for the SNP?
Simita Kumar is the first female leader of the SNP Edinburgh South group, and is the only ethnic minority councillor in EdinburghThe 36-year-old has barely had time to catch her breath since becoming the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a political group on one of Scotland’s biggest councils, but Kumar knows all about hard work.
“It was funny because I had only been in Scotland a few years but when I went to Manchester to do my undergraduate degree, I very much identified as Scottish,” she tells the Sunday National. She has a master’s degree in health research and worked for the NHS on a range of public health topics, including screening and immunisation.“When Scotland voted No, it just really hurt me but I felt our case was so strong it could not be denied,” she says.
“It’s exciting because it is a huge opportunity and I want to make sure that while we are in opposition we are still doing what needs to be done for Edinburgh residents,” says Kumar.from the Labour-Tory-LibDem coalition administration. She says it shocks her that Labour could even think about ruling in coalition with the Tories.
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