Thursday 18 August 2022 10:52 PM Jacinda Ardern has been accused of a cover-up by a member of her own team trends now
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Jacinda Ardern has been accused of a cover-up by suspended Labour MP Gaurav Sharma in an explosive interview likely to cause more pain for the first-term parliamentarian.
Dr Sharma now faces party expulsion next week, with the prime minister's office confirming the caucus would re-visit his partyroom membership at its next meeting.
The renegade Hamilton West MP has been privately feuding with his own party for the past 18 months, and over the last week has gone public with claims of a bullying culture in Ms Ardern's government.
Jacinda Ardern (left) has been accused of a cover-up by suspended Labour MP Gaurav Sharma (right) in an explosive interview likely to cause more pain for the first-term parliamentarian.
He was suspended from the Labour caucus on Tuesday, with Ms Ardern saying she would not tolerate attacks on her colleagues.
But rather than rein it in, Dr Sharma has gone nuclear, giving a long interview with Newshub where he accused Ms Ardern and her office of deception.
'There is something very big going on here and there is a cover-up,' he said.
'This is the prime minister's office trying to cover something, this is the prime minister trying to cover something. And I'm saying this is not just about bullying. There is a lot more to here.'
Dr Sharma plans to continue his attacks in other media engagements on
