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Jolt to AAP, MLA Akhilesh Tripathi held in riot case

It’s Been A Roller Coaster Ride For Aam Aadmi Party In Delhi. Rubbing Salt To The Injury, AAP MLA MLA Akhilesh Tripathi Has Been Arrested By Delhi Police On Thursday.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Pankaj Samantray | Updated on: 26 Nov 2015, 03:03:33 PM

New Delhi :

It’s been a roller coaster ride for Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi. Rubbing salt to the injury, AAP MLA MLA Akhilesh Tripathi has been arrested by Delhi Police on Thursday.

The law maker was held in connection with a 2013 riots case and sent to judicial custody. Akhilesh Tripathi is an MLA from Delhi's from Model Town constituency.

Since, AAP came to power with a huge win, Tripathi is the 5th MLA to be arrested by police.

Earlier, AAP government in Delhi had apologised for a goof up in a newspaper advertisement given on the occasion of the first Constitution Day. The advertisements carried the preamble of the Constitution, but omitted 'secular' and 'socialist' words from the same.

Few days back, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was slammed for hugging tainted RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav during the oath taking ceremony of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. 

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First Published : 26 Nov 2015, 03:01:00 PM

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