Ending all speculation, the BJP has named Rekha Gupta as the next chief minister of Delhi. The Shalimar Bagh MLA was selected to lead the government and the legislative party in a meeting of the newly elected MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday evening.
Delhi BJP made the announcement on its X account.
श्रीमती रेखा गुप्ता जी को दिल्ली भाजपा विधायक दल का नेता चुने जाने पर हार्दिक बधाई एवं अशेष शुभकामनाएँ।
— BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) February 19, 2025
हमें पूर्ण विश्वास है कि आपके नेतृत्व में प्रदेश उत्तरोत्तर प्रगति करेगा। pic.twitter.com/K8Mu5SyvdV
Rekha Gupta defeated AAP candidate Bandana Kumari by almost 30 thousand votes from the Shalimar Bagh constituency in the assembly elections.
As per reports, Parvesh Singh will be the Deputy CM of Delhi, while Vijender Gupta will he made the speaker of the house.
Rekha Gupta thanked the central leadership and all the MLAs for appointing her as the Delhi CM. “I will serve the people of Delhi day and night with the slogan of Narendra Modi ji, Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas,” she posted on X.
मुझे दिल्ली सीएम नियुक्त करने पर केंद्रीय नेतृत्व एवम समस्त विधायकों का हार्दिक आभार
— Rekha Gupta (@RekhaGupta_BJP) February 19, 2025
नरेंद्र मोदी जी के सबका साथ सबका विकास सबका विश्वास के नारे के साथ दिल्ली की जनता की रात दिन सेवा करुँगी#DelhiCM #RekhaGupta #रेखा_गुप्ता pic.twitter.com/XA1momyEVS
Senior party leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankar were appointed as the party’s central observers, who attended the meeting of all 48 MLAs of the party.
Notably, the swearing in ceremony of the new BJP government of Delhi will take place at Ramlila Maidan on February 20 at 11 AM. Lt Governor VK Saxena will administer the oath of office to the CM designate and the cabinet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with other Union Ministers and NDA Chief Ministers and Deputy Ministers will be present at the ceremony.
While BJP didn’t name a CM’s face during the election, Parvesh Verma, son of former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma, was seen as the frontrunner for the post during the campaign period. Verma defeated former CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal by over 4000 votes in the assembly elections.
