Alka Lamba

Alka Lamba (born 21 September 1975) is an Indian politician serving for the President of All India Mahila Congress.

Lamba was only 19 years old when 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.

Later she obtained her BSc degree from Dyal Singh College, Delhi (Delhi University) in 1996.

Subsequently, she pursued her master's degree in Chemistry and Education from the Bundelkhand University, Uttar Pradesh.

Lamba married Lokesh Kapoor but the marriage did not last.

They are currently divorced.

They have a son named Hrithik Lamba.

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 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 2005, she visited Venezuela to attend the World Festival of Youth and Students.

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.

In 2006, she visited the US to attend a conference on international women's leadership programs.

She was a Secretary All India Congress Committee (AICC) at the Indian National Congress from 2007 to 2011.

In 2007 and 2008, she visited London to attend the UN's International Widows Day and tourism and cultural festival.

In 2008–2009, Lamba visited Nepal to attend a seminar on disaster management programs.

In 2010, Lamba travelled across Brunei, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Maldives with the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay.

After serving the Indian National Congress in various capacities for more than 20 years, she quit to join the Aam Aadmi Party on 26 December 2014.

She left Indian National Congress in December 2014 to join Aam Aadmi Party.

In February 2015, Lamba was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Chandni Chowk.

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 August 2015, a few months after she had been elected MLA for the Chandni Chowk constituency, Lamba was charged with vandalism and destruction of property in an incident which occurred within her own constituency.

On 10 August 2015, a mob armed with lathis, swagger sticks and cricket bats attacked and badly vandalized a liquor shop located in the Kashmere Gate area of old Delhi.

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.

Lamba has visited the UK, Russia, the US, China, and Venezuela to attend seminars and give speeches about women's empowerment, human rights and sustainable development in third world nations.

She quit AAP in September 2019 citing disrespect for her within the party.

On 6 September 2019, she formally returned to the Congress party.

She 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.

Lamba began her career as a student leader, and is former President of Delhi USU, former National President of NSUI, former General Secretary of Delhi PCC and former Secretary of AICC.

She is Chairperson of the NGO Go India Foundation.

She was appointed as the AIMC President on January 5, 2024.

Alka Lamba was born in New Delhi, India to Amar Nath Lamba, an Indian Army Civilian Engineer and Raj Kumari Lamba, a homemaker.

She is one of six siblings.

Lamba completed her schooling at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School No.1, Delhi.

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.