Delhi election result 2020: Congress’ Alka Lamba trailing against AAP Parlad Singh Sawhney in Chandni Chowk show very early trends

• Very early trends, based on postal ballots, show Congress’ Alka Lamba leading in Chandni Chowk.
• Lamba recently re-joined the Congress after a short stint with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
• Prior to the 2015 election, Lamba had been with the Congress for 20 years.

As per postal ballot based trends, Congress’ Alka Lamba is leading from Chandni Chowk area at around 8:36 am. The final results are supposed to be out by 11 am today and counting is still underway.

Lamba joined Congress in 1994 under the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI). A year later, she won the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU).

Her relationship with Congress ended up being a 20-year affair. However, when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was formed, Lamba quit Congress to join them on 26 December 2014.

Now, she’s back with the Congress.




Why Alka Lamba walked away from the AAP
Things started out well between Lamba and the AAP. However, that relationship soon turned sour. Only two days ago, Lamba allegedly tried to slap an AAP member before being pulled back by the police at Majnu ka Tila.

During the 2015 Delhi election, Lamba won in Chandi Chowk. However, after AAP lost in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019, she sought accountability from chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Subsequently, she was removed from AAP’s official WhatsApp group of lawmakers.

During the campaigning for the Lok Sabha election, Lamba refused to participate and refrained from playing a part in Kejriwal’s roadshow after she was asked to walk behind his car.

Later in April, she was involved in a Twitter spat with AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj after he’d goaded her with a taunt to resign from the party. Another rough patch hit when Lamba raised objections against AAP’s decision to pass a resolution to revoke Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna.

Citing repeated disrespect, she quit the AAP in September 2019 — and went back to Congress.