One time MLA from Shalimar Bagh n three time councillor Rekha Gupta is the Delhi CM
The lawmaker from Shalimar Bagh, outer Delhi district Rekha Gupta has been elected as the leader of the Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party legislature in Delhi by the 48 legislators in the presence of the chief observer former union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad after her name was raised by MLA from New Delhi Parvesh Verma. Rekha Gupta defeated her nearest AAP rival Vandana by a huge margin of 30000 votes, though she lost in her two previous elections.
Rekha Gupta will be the fourth woman chief minister of Delhi , the other three being Sushma Swaraj, Sheila Dikshit and Atishi Marlena.
The name of Rekha Gupta has been officially announced by the chief observer of Delhi BJP former union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The Delhi BJP President Mr. Virendra Sachdeva has congratulated Rekha Gupta on her election as the new Delhi chief minister.
Ms Rekha Gupta has gone to LG house and met Vinay Saxena informing him about taking oath tomorrow along with her ministers.
The Delhi MP and singer Manoj Tiwari also congratulated Rekha Gupta on her elevation as the new chief minister of Delhi.
Rekha Gupta has been the Delhi University students leader , three time councillor and current MLA from Shalimar Bagh.
Mr. Maninder Singh Sirsa, Mr.Sood, Harish Khurana all MLAs also congratulated Rekha Gupta on her selection and election as the new chief minister of Delhi.
Tge union home minister Amit Shah expressed his congratulations to Rekha Gupta on account of her being elected as the leader of Delhi legislature party and CM Delhi . He wrote on X :
I extend my hearty congratulations and best wishes to Mrs.@gupta_rekha ji on being elected the leader of the BJP Legislative Party. I have full faith that you will work with dedication in the direction of the resolution taken by Prime Minister Shri@narendramodi ji to make Delhi one of the top capitals of the world. I am confident that the BJP government under your leadership will work day and night to fulfill the hopes and expectations with which the mothers and sisters of Delhi have blessed the BJP said Amit Shah HM while congratulating Rekha Gupta.
Meanwhile the union Defence minister Rajnath Singh also congratulated Rekha Gupta on her elevation as the chief minister of Delhi. He wrote on X : Many congratulations and best wishes to Smt.@gupta_rekha ji on being elected as the leader of the BJP Legislative Party in Delhi. I firmly believe that under the guidance of Prime Minister Shri@narendramodi ji and with his efforts, Delhi will become the developed capital of developed India.
The swearing in ceremony is to take place at Ram Lila Maidan tomorrow where thousands of people and BJP activists would be present here. The BJP has also sent invitations to the inhabitants of the JJ clusters.
The prime minister Narendra Modi, entire cabinet, MPs, MLAs of BJP including VIPs from all over the country and filmstars too are attending this event termed as historic by the BJP.
Rekha Gupta is lucky because during the last two elections she had lost from Shalimar Bagh.
In a tweet Nitin Gadkari , union minister Transport and Roadways congratulated Rekha Gupta on her becoming the chief minister of Delhi . He wrote on X : Hearty congratulations to Smt.@gupta_rekha ji on her selection as the leader of the BJP Legislative Party and Chief Minister in Delhi. I am confident that under the leadership of Rekha ji, Delhi will be the pride of the country in its progress.
Rekha Gupta is the General Secretary of Delhi BJP and Vice President of National BJP who started her career as a student leader of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. She studied in Daulat Ram College , Delhi University and had contested the DUSU election for president ship and secretaryship on ABVP ticket.
Right now officially the would be Delhi CM Rekha Gupta with her MLAs has reached the Raj Bhawan to stake her claim in front of the LG Vinay Saxena.
The Delhi observer Ravi Shankar Prasad, MP and former union minister and Delhi MPs Bansuri Swaraj, Ram Veer Singh Biduri, Manoj Tiwari, Harsh Malhotra, Mr.Khandelwal etc were present at LG house. BJP has absolute majority of 48 MPs and the swearing in will take place at Ram Lila Maidan tomorrow reveal sources.
Kindly recall that there were six candidates in the probable race of chief minister’s post which included the senior most MLA, the 6 th term legislature Mohan Singh Bisht, the second term MLA and MP twice who defeated Arvind Kejrival Youthful Parvesh Verma, and four others. But luck played its best as the first timer who lost twice the MLA election from Shalimar Bagh became the chief minister of national capital. This unambiguously prices that women power dominated over the men power. It’s the victory of Aadhi Aabaadi.
