Disgruntled AAP MLA Alka Lamba meets Sonia Gandhi, likely to join Congress
New Delhi, Sep 3: Disgruntled Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba on Tuesday met interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence, giving air to the speculation that she might join the grand old party ahead of the Assembly elections in the national capital early next year.
Lamba, who represents Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency, arrived at Sonia Gandhi’s residence at around 12.30 p.m. The meeting between the two leaders lasted for over an hour.
However, the details of the meeting were not yet clear.
Lamba has been at loggerheads with the AAP for the past several months. In early August, Lamba had said that she has decided to resign from the primary membership of the party and will contest the upcoming Assembly polls as an independent candidate.
The AAP, too, had said that it was ready to accept her resignation.
Lamba has turned a severe critic of the AAP following the party’s dismal performance in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
She had also sought accountability from party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following which she was removed from the official WhatsApp group of AAP lawmakers.
She also didn’t participate in the party’s Lok Sabha campaign.
Elections for the 70 Assembly constituencies in the national capital are due early next year. The AAP had a dream run in the 2015 Assembly polls, winning 67 out of 70 seats. The Congress, which ruled Delhi for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2013, was unable to open its account.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
