Tag: Alka Lamba

  • Congress chief Alka Lamba hits out at AAP over Satyendar Jain’s ‘leaked’ massage-video

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress National Spokesperson Alka Lamba on Saturday lashed out at AAP after a purported video of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain getting a foot therapeutic massage in jail went viral and questioned why Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had not but eliminated him from his submit.

    Purported movies of Jain (58), in judicial custody over cash laundering costs, mendacity on a mattress and getting a foot therapeutic massage in Tihar Jail right here has gone viral on social media.

    The AAP chief could be seen within the video studying some paperwork and a person in a white T-shirt massaging his legs.

    Referring to the video, Lamba mentioned it regarded much less like a jail barrack and extra like a lodge room.

    “Arvind Kejriwal should answer what is his compulsion that he has not yet sacked his reference minister Satyendar Jain from the post? If you look at the viral video, it looks less like a jail barrack and more like a hotel room,” Lamba mentioned.

    The Delhi Prisons division comes underneath the AAP-led metropolis authorities.

    Earlier this week, a Tihar jail superintendent was suspended for alleged involvement in offering particular therapy to Jain within the jail.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had claimed in a courtroom right here that Jain was getting particular therapy inside Tihar Jail.

    ALSO READ | Jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain will get full body-massage inside Tihar Jail, CCTV footage goes viral

    Lamba additional alleged that with the sort of amenities being offered to Jain in jail, “it is confirmed that the allegations levelled against him by a thug (like) Sukesh Chandrashekhar seem to be true”.

    Chandrashekhar had written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena alleging that Jain ‘extorted’ Rs 10 crore from him in 2019 to make sure his security in jail.

    The letter by Chandrashekhar, who’s lodged in Mandoli jail right here, on October 7 was submitted to Saxena on October 8 by his advocate Ashok Ok Singh.

    She added that Chandrashekhar’s allegations towards Jain needs to be investigated.

    NEW DELHI: Congress National Spokesperson Alka Lamba on Saturday lashed out at AAP after a purported video of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain getting a foot therapeutic massage in jail went viral and questioned why Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had not but eliminated him from his submit.

    Purported movies of Jain (58), in judicial custody over cash laundering costs, mendacity on a mattress and getting a foot therapeutic massage in Tihar Jail right here has gone viral on social media.

    The AAP chief could be seen within the video studying some paperwork and a person in a white T-shirt massaging his legs.

    Referring to the video, Lamba mentioned it regarded much less like a jail barrack and extra like a lodge room.

    “Arvind Kejriwal should answer what is his compulsion that he has not yet sacked his reference minister Satyendar Jain from the post? If you look at the viral video, it looks less like a jail barrack and more like a hotel room,” Lamba mentioned.

    The Delhi Prisons division comes underneath the AAP-led metropolis authorities.

    Earlier this week, a Tihar jail superintendent was suspended for alleged involvement in offering particular therapy to Jain within the jail.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had claimed in a courtroom right here that Jain was getting particular therapy inside Tihar Jail.

    ALSO READ | Jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain will get full body-massage inside Tihar Jail, CCTV footage goes viral

    Lamba additional alleged that with the sort of amenities being offered to Jain in jail, “it is confirmed that the allegations levelled against him by a thug (like) Sukesh Chandrashekhar seem to be true”.

    Chandrashekhar had written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena alleging that Jain ‘extorted’ Rs 10 crore from him in 2019 to make sure his security in jail.

    The letter by Chandrashekhar, who’s lodged in Mandoli jail right here, on October 7 was submitted to Saxena on October 8 by his advocate Ashok Ok Singh.

    She added that Chandrashekhar’s allegations towards Jain needs to be investigated.

  • Alka Lamba seems earlier than police in Rupnagar, Punjab Congress leaders stage protest

    By PTI

    RUPNAGAR: Congress chief Alka Lamba, summoned over a case of “inflammatory statements” towards Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, appeared earlier than the police right here on Wednesday as occasion staff held a protest exterior the SSP workplace over the matter.

    The case was lodged towards former AAP chief Kumar Vishwas in Rupnagar city’s Sadar police station on April 12.

    Ahead of the Assembly polls, Vishwas had accused Kejriwal of supporting separatists.

    Lamba has been accused of backing the remarks made by Vishwas.

    Led by the Congress’ state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, the occasion staff staged the protest exterior the workplace of Rupnagar senior superintendent of police (SSP) and raised slogans towards the Bhagwant Mann authorities.

    Besides Warring, senior occasion leaders, together with Punjab Congress Legislature occasion chief Partap Singh Bajwa, MLAs Sukhjinder Randhawa, Raj Kumar Chabbewal, former ministers Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Balbir Sidhu, Gurkirat Kotli and Punjab Youth Congress chief Brinder Dhillon accompanied Lamba when she reached Rupnagar to seem earlier than the police.

    Addressing the protesters, Warring slammed the AAP authorities in Punjab, accusing it of “misusing” the police for political vendetta.

    He stated your complete state management of the occasion got here to Rupnagar in help of Lamba.

    “We will not tolerate any injustice against our sister (Lamba),” Warring stated.

    Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu reached Rupnagar, individually, in help of Lamba.

    “You (AAP) are trying to scare Alka Lamba. The people of Punjab have always stood by their daughters and sisters. We all stand by her,” he advised reporters exterior the Rupnagar SSP workplace The former cricketer left the place after speaking to reporters.

    Lamba, whereas speaking to the reporters, slammed the Mann-led authorities for sending police to her home to summon her.

    She accused the AAP authorities of “misusing” the police towards its political rivals.

    A heavy police pressure was deployed exterior the Rupnagar SSP workplace. The Punjab police on had on April 20 visited the properties of Vishwas and Lamba in reference to a case registered over “inflammatory statements” towards Kejriwal.

    Police had earlier summoned Lamba, the previous AAP chief, on April 26 however she was later requested to seem earlier than it on April 27.

  • Opposition leaders slam Uttarakhand CM Rawat over ‘ripped jeans’ comment

    Newly elected Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has been on the receiving finish following his “ripped jeans” comment. While the Congress has been demanding both an apology for his assertion or his resignation, Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan mentioned “this was the kind of mindset that encourages crimes against women”.
    Congress’s chief spokesperson and common secretary Randeep Surjewala mentioned Rawat’s remarks displayed the “anti-women” face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was a results of its medieval mindset. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief ministers Yogi Adityanath and Manohar Lal Khattar have made anti-women feedback prior to now, however Rawat has crossed all limits.

    इंसानियत तो इन्हें कटी-फटी चाहिए,परबेटियों की आज़ादी पर बेड़ियाँ बंधी चाहिए।
    कभी ‘हाफ़ कट’, कभी #rippedjeans
    देश की बेटियों की आवाज़ बन जाइए,इस मानसिकता के ख़िलाफ़ बहस कराइए।@anjanaomkashyap @RubikaLiyaquat @sakshijoshii @preetiraghunand @_pallavighosh pic.twitter.com/VZwOccKmof
    — Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 18, 2021
    “We demand on behalf of the daughters and women of the country that such a chief minister should apologise or resign, because this mentality will not work anymore. Those having thoughts of the 16th century do not have the right to rule India in the 21st century. They would have to go now and this is patriotism,” Surjewala added.
    Taking a dig on the saffron occasion, Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra posted pictures on Twitter of the Prime Minister, Union minister Nitin Gadkari and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat carrying the organisation’s conventional khaki shorts, and wrote: “Oh my God!!! Their knees are showing.” The RSS, in 2016, had damaged away from its 90-year-old custom and changed the long-lasting ‘khaki’ shorts with brown trousers.

    Oh my God!!! Their knees are exhibiting 😱😱😱 #RippedJeansTwitter pic.twitter.com/wWqDuccZkq
    — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) March 18, 2021
    Congress chief Alka Lamba, too, mentioned many BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders have made related remarks in opposition to ladies prior to now. “The Congress strongly condemns this kind of thinking towards women. We demand that Prime Minister Modi asks the Uttarakhand chief minister to immediately apologise. If you do not do this, you will have to replace him. Otherwise, the women of the country will launch an agitation and expose the BJP leaders and their mindset.”

    Criticising the Rawat’s assertion, actor-politician Jaya Bachchan was quoted by ANI saying, “Those in higher posts must think and make public statements. You say such things in today’s times, you will decide who’s cultured and who’s not based on clothes? It’s bad mindset and encourages crimes against women.”

    This is what occurs after we give the Ghutney dikhaney wale RSS chaddi wale a state to run pic.twitter.com/Vy6WjhKBzL
    — Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) March 18, 2021
    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, too, took to Twitter to slam Rawat over his feedback.
    The Uttarakhand CM, nonetheless, obtained the backing of his fellow BJP chief and Bairia MLA Surendra Singh who mentioned each women and men ought to put on respectable garments. “Women, especially daughters, are the family’s prestige and they must behave in a dignified manner. The basic difference between animals and humans is that a human lives in a decent manner by covering the limbs while animals are naked,” he added.
    At an occasion on Tuesday, Rawat had criticised ladies for carrying ripped denims and puzzled what values they may impart to their kids, triggering a protest from opposition events.