Alka Lamba shares nostalgic 1995 photo with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta
New Delhi: Congress leader Alka Lamba shared a nostalgic post on social media, recalling the time she and newly elected Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta took oath together as student leaders in 1995.
Lamba posted an old photograph from their days in Delhi University, mentioning that she won the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) President post from the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), while Gupta secured the General Secretary position from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
"Congratulations and best wishes to Rekha Gupta. Congratulations to Delhi for getting its fourth woman Chief Minister. We hope that mother Yamuna will be clean and daughters will be safe," Lamba wrote in her post.
Rekha Gupta, chosen by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took oath as Delhi’s Chief Minister in a ceremony at Ramlila Maidan. She defeated Aam Aadmi Party’s Bandana Kumari by a margin of 29,595 votes in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, marking BJP’s return to power in the capital after 27 years.
Along with Gupta, six BJP leaders, Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravindra Raj, Ashish Sood, and Pankaj Singh, were sworn in as cabinet ministers. Verma notably defeated former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency.
1995 की यह यादगार तस्वीर - जब मैंने और रेखा गुप्ता ने एक साथ शपथ ग्रहण की थी-
— Alka Lamba 🇮🇳 (@LambaAlka) February 19, 2025
मैंने @nsui से दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय छात्र संघ (DUSU) #अध्यक्ष पद पर जीत हासिल की थी और रेखा ने #ABVP से #महासचिव पद पर जीत हासिल की थी- रेखा गुप्ता को बधाई और शुभकामनाएँ.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
