Feeling “insulted” by Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) senior leaders’ behaviour, MLA Alka Lamba skipped the roadshow of party’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Chandni Chowk on Wednesday after she was asked to walk behind Kejriwal’s car while other MLAs were with him in the car.
The Chandni Chowk MLA vented her anger in a tweet and said, “AAP candidate Pankaj (Gupta) ji’s phone came to me and he invited me for the CM’s roadshow. I was ready, then another message was sent that I would not be present with Kejriwal in his car but have to walk behind his car while other MLAs would be present with him. I cannot stand this and I decided not to participate in the road show.”
Kejriwal held the roadshow in Chandni Chowk on Tuesday with AAP Chandni Chowk candidate Pankaj Gupta. It saw participation of large number of supporters.
Lamba has been at odds with the AAP for quite sometime now. Last month, Lamba engaged in a bitter Twitter spat with AAP’s Greater Kailash MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj, who had taunted her to resign from the party.
Following the spat, Lamba addressed a large crowd outside Jama Masjid and said the party was repeatedly demanding her resignation.
Lamba hit a rough patch with the AAP over its decision to pass a resolution to revoke Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna. She had raised objections to the party’s resolution.
She had alleged the party leadership was “weakening” her and said she is being accused of attempting to switch over to the Congress.
In December, Lamba said in a tweet that the AAP had asked her to support the resolution, which she refused. Lamba then added that now she is ready to face any punishment because of her actions.
Alka Lamba won the Chandni Chowk Assembly seat in the 2013 Delhi elections. Before joining the AAP, Lamba was part of the Congress women’s wing.