Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rekha Gupta took oath as Delhi chief minister on Thursday. She is the fourth woman chief minister of the national capital. Along with Gupta, six leaders took oath as ministers.
#WATCH | BJP's first-time MLA Rekha Gupta takes oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi. Lt Governor VK Saxena administers her oath of office.
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With this, Delhi gets its fourth woman CM, after BJP's Sushma Swaraj, Congress' Sheila Dikshit, and AAP's Atishi. pic.twitter.com/bU69pyvD7Y
Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena administered the oath to Gupta. A first-time MLA, Gupta began her political journey through the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and was elected as the president of the Delhi University Students' Union in 1996-97. Gupta hails from Haryana and won the Delhi Assembly polls from the Shalimar Bagh Assembly seat.
#WATCH | BJP's Manjinder Singh Sirsa takes oath as a minister in CM Rekha Gupta-led Delhi Government. pic.twitter.com/YNg5FInMoR
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, chief ministers of states governed by the National Democratic Alliance and senior BJP leaders attended the ceremony. Senior BJP leaders Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh take oath as ministers of the Rekha Gupta-led cabinet at Ramlila Maidan on Thursday.
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Thousands gathered at Ramlila Maidan to witness the oath-taking ceremony. The BJP is returning to power in the national capital after a gap of 27 years. Among various poll promises, the ruling party has vowed to provide monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 for women in Delhi from March 8, International Women’s Day.
Earlier, Gupta told presspersons that she wouldn’t be staying at “Sheesh Mahal”, the controversial bungalow used and renovated by former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal. Corruption in the renovation of the official bungalow, dubbed by the BJP as “Sheesh Mahal”, was one of the major poll planks of the party during the Delhi Assembly polls.
The BJP chose Gupta as chief minister over several senior BJP leaders after various rounds of deliberations. The BJP reportedly wanted a woman to head the Delhi government and the party believes it will help them gain inroads among women voters. Currently, Gupta is the only woman chief minister of the party.
