New Delhi: MLA for the first time from Shalimar Bagh, Rekha GuptaOn Thursday, he swore as main minister of Delhi in Ramlila Maidan. The oath taking ceremony took place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Cabinet colleagues and main ministers of the governed states of the National Democratic Alliance, among others.
Together with Gupta, leaders such as Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirta, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh also lent oath as ministers.
Delhi LG VK Saxena administered the oath to Rekha Gupta and his Council of Ministers.
BJP finally limited 11 days of suspense on Wednesday on who will get the upper position after his return to power in the national capital after more than 26 years, ending the 10 -year rule of the AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal.
Gupta (50) is the fourth woman Main Minister of Delhi after Sushma Swaraj (BJP), Sheila Dikshit (Congress) and Atishi (AAP). She is also the fourth main minister of BJP in Delhi after Madan Lal Khurana, Sahib Singh Verma and Sushma Swaraj.
Earlier on Wednesday, the main leader of BJP, Ravishankar Prasad, announced that Gupta was chosen as the leader of the Chamber at the Delhi assembly at the meeting of the BJP Legislature party.
He later met Delhi LG VK Saxena and opted to form the government.
In his first response after being chosen as CM, he expressed his commitment to the development of Delhi, committing to work with honesty and dedication.
“I express my sincere gratitude to all the main leadership for entrusting the responsibility of the position of the principal minister. This trust and support have given me new energy and inspiration. I am committed to work with full honesty, integrity and dedication for the well -being of well -being, empowerment and general development of each citizen of Delhi.
BJP in the recently completed Delhi elections said a decisive mandate to win 48 seats against AAP, which achieved 22 seats in the house of 70 members. While Congress is blank.