Rekha Gupta to be Delhi’s new chief minister

NEW DELHI:A first-time MLA Rekha Gupta was chosen for the post of chief minister of Delhi.Gupta was elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party this evening at a meeting of the BJP legislature party at the state party office at Pant Marg.

Gupta will be the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Sushma Swaraj (BJP), Sheila Dikshit (Congress), and Atishi (AAP).

Meanwhile, Gupta,along with other top party leaders have gone to the Raj Niwas, where she met Lt Governor V.K. Saxena and stake claim to form the next government.

The new Chief Minister will take oath at a grand swearing-in ceremony at the city’s iconic Ramlila Maidan at noon tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 12.34 p.m..

The event will be attended by several key political figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, along with over 200 BJP MPs and MLAs, and invited religious leaders.

The BJP, which had been out of power in Delhi since 1998, won a convincing victory in the 2025 Assembly elections, winning 48 seats in the 70-member Assembly, and reducing the AAP to 22.

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