Alka to quit AAP next year, targets Kejriwal for LS rout
Hinting at Mr Kejriwal, she said that action should be taken against those who took all the decisions while sitting in a closed room.
New Delhi: Disgruntled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Alka Lamba has announced that she would leave the party next year.
“My journey started with you in 2013 and will end in 2020. My best wishes will be with the dedicated revolutionary ground workers of the party; hopefully you will remain a strong alternative in Delhi. The last six years have been memorable and I have learnt a lot from you,” the Chandni Chowk MLA said in a tweet.
She did not say whether she would quit AAP before or after the Assembly election due in Delhi next year. Ms Lamba has been at odds with the party for some time now.
On Saturday, Ms Lamba sought accountability from AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on the crushing defeat of the party in the Lok Sabha polls, following which she was removed from the official WhatsApp group of the party lawmakers.
Notably, AAP did not win any of the seven parliamentary seats in Delhi. Ms Lamba shared screenshots of the WhatsApp group on Twitter, where it can be seen that she was removed from the group by AAP’s Northeast Delhi candidate Dilip Pandey.
She lashed out at Mr Kejriwal, asking why she was being held responsible for the party’s loss in the Lok Sabha elections.
Hinting at Mr Kejriwal, she said that action should be taken against those who took all the decisions while “sitting in a closed room.”
“I have always been telling the party what you (Kejriwal) are telling them now. I am sometimes added to the group, sometimes removed. It would have been better if a meeting was held to introspect, look at the shortcomings, and move ahead,” she said.
This is the second time that Ms Lamba has been dropped from the WhatsApp group. Previously, she was dropped in December last year when she raised objection to AAP’s resolution to revoke Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna.
However, she was added before campaigning for Lok Sabha polls started and was expected to campaign for the party.
However, Ms Lamba refused to campaign for the party and even refrained from participating in Mr Kejriwal’s roadshow after she was asked to walk behind his car during the event. In April, Ms Lamba engaged in a bitter Twitter spat with AAP’s Greater Kailash MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj, who had taunted her to resign from the party.
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