Alka Lamba Biography and Career
Alka Lamba is an Indian politician serving for the Indian National Congress. She was born on 21 September 1975 in New Delhi, India. After serving the Indian National Congress in various capacities for more than 20 years, she quit to congress and then she joined the Aam Aadmi Party on 26 December 2014. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, and family of Alka Lamba so read the article till the end.
In February 2015, Lamba was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Chandni Chowk. She quit AAP in September 2019 citing disrespect for her within the party. On 6 September 2019, she formally returned to the Congress party.
Alka Lamba was however disqualified from the Delhi assembly by Delhi speaker for violating the rules for party change over a gesture of strong warning to tainted turncoats.
Career
When Alka Lamba was only 19 years old she began her political career in 1994 as a second year B.Sc. student. She joined the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress party and was promptly given the responsibility of being Delhi State Girl Convener.
After one year in 1995, she contested the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) election for the post of President and won by a huge margin. In 1996, she worked as All India Girl Convener for NSUI, and in 1997 she was appointed the President of all India (NSUI).
In 2002, she was appointed as the General Secretary of All India Mahila Congress. In 2003, she unsuccessfully contested Delhi Assembly elections from Moti Nagar Constituency against the senior BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana. In 2006 she became a member of All India Congress Committee (AICC) and was appointed General Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC).
At the same time, she was also appointed Vice Chairperson of National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), an autonomous body of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
Short biography facts about Alka Lamba
Alka Lamba was born in New Delhi, India to Amar Nath Lamba, an Indian Army Civilian Engineer and Raj Kumari Lamba, a homemaker. Lamba married Lokesh Kapoor but the marriage did not last. They are currently divorced. They have a son named Hrithik Lamba.
Lamba began her career as a student leader, and is former President of Delhi University Students’ Union, former National President of National Students’ Union of India, former General Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee and former Secretary of All India Congress Committee. She is Chairperson of the NGO Go India Foundation.
Alka Lamba completed her schooling from the Government Girls Senior Secondary School No.1, Delhi. Later she obtained her BSc degree from Dyal Singh College, Delhi (Delhi University) in 1996. Subsequently, she pursued her Masters in Chemistry and Education from the Bundelkhand University, Uttar Pradesh.
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Random biography facts about Alka Lamba
Alka Lamba was a Secretary All India Congress Committee (AICC) at the Indian National Congress from 2007 to 2011.
She left Indian National Congress in December 2014 to join Aam Aadmi Party.
In February 2015, Lamba contested Delhi Legislative Assembly election from Chandni Chowk constituency on Aam Aadmi Party’s ticket.
She defeated her nearest rival, Suman Kumar Gupta of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 18,287 votes.
In September 2019, she quit the Aam Aadmi Party and rejoined the Indian National Congress party as she was disenchanted for quite some time with the AAP leadership.
Lamba had openly disagreed with the AAP leadership regarding the passing of a resolution in December 2018 to revoke former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna.
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