Rekha Gupta to be sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister at Ramlila Maidan today
BJP leader Rekha Gupta will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Delhi at the iconic Ramlila Maidan in the national capital this afternoon. Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena will administer the oath of office and secrecy.
The name of Mrs Gupta was announced as the new Chief Minister following the Delhi BJP legislative party meeting in New Delhi last evening. She met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena in Raj Niwas yesterday and staked a claim to form the new government.
The Lieutenant Governor accepted the claim and invited her to form the government. The new government in Delhi will have six cabinet ministers. They are Parvesh Sahib Singh, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh.
In a social media post, Rekha Gupta thanked the top leadership of the party for entrusting her with the responsibility of the post of Chief Minister. She pledged to work with full honesty, integrity and dedication for the welfare and development of the people of Delhi.
Mrs Gupta won the Shalimar Bagh seat in the recently held Delhi assembly polls. She began her political journey through ABVP at Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, in 1992. She became the President of the Delhi University Students’ Union. She has also served as the General Secretary of BJP Mahila Morcha in Delhi.
Rekha Gupta will be the fourth woman Chief Minister and the second woman BJP Chief Minister of Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh among others will attend the swearing-in ceremony. Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of around 20 states have also been invited to attend the event. Delhi Police has issued a traffic advisory in anticipation of large crowds. To manage the traffic during the event, certain diversions and restrictions will be in place
