Aam Aadmi Party suspends party spokesperson Alka Lamba
She allegedly deviated from the party's stand on the resignation of Transport Minister Gopal Rai.
The Aam Aadmi Party removed spokesperson Alka Lamba from her post on Tuesday night for two months after she allegedly deviated from the party's stand on a minister accused of corruption. While the AAP government has maintained that Transport Minister Gopal Rai stepped down for health reasons, Lamba said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wanted to ensure a fair investigation into the alleged Premium Bus Service scam and had asked Rai to quit.
"I am a disciplined worker of the party and I respect its every decision. If I have unknowingly made any mistake then I will remedy it, so that the party's anti-corruption fight does not suffer because of me," Lamba tweeted.
Rai, who is recuperating from a surgery, had been accused of favouring a particular aggregator for an app-based premium bus service scheme planned by the Delhi government. On June 13, he said he was “ready to go to jail” if the charges against him were proved.