As the BJP picked Rekha Gupta for the post of the Delhi Chief Minister, messages of “support” came from her predecessors. AAP leaders and former Delhi chief ministers Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi, who reacted within minutes of the announcement, said they would “support her in every work for the development of the people of Delhi”.
Both the leaders hoped that the new Chief Minister and the BJP would fulfil all the promises they made to the people of Delhi.
दिल्ली की मुख्यमंत्री बनने पर रेखा गुप्ता जी को बहुत बहुत बधाई। मैं उम्मीद करता हूँ कि दिल्ली की जनता को किए गए सारे वादे वे पूरे करेंगी। दिल्ली की जनता के विकास और भले के हर कार्य में हम उन्हें सहयोग करेंगे।
Reminding the BJP of one of its key poll promises, Atishi said, “We hope that the amount of Rs 2,500 per month promised by BJP to women will be transferred to the accounts of all women on March 8.”
मैं, रेखा गुप्ता जी को मुख्यमंत्री बनने पर बधाई देती हूँ। मुझे उम्मीद है कि भाजपा ने दिल्ली की जनता से जो भी वादे किए हैं, वो उन्हें पूरा करेगी। आम आदमी पार्टी दिल्ली के विकास कार्यों के लिए भाजपा को अपना समर्थन देने के लिए हमेशा तैयार है।
The BJP – which had been out of power in Delhi since 1998 – won the 2025 assembly elections, winning 48 seats against AAP’s 22 in the 70-member assembly. Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and Saurabh Bharadwaj were among several top leaders of AAP, which ruled Delhi for 10 years, lost in their respective constituencies.
Rekha Gupta met Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena this evening soon after she was chosen as the Leader of the House in the Delhi Assembly during a BJP legislature party meeting on Thursday. The meeting was attended by all 48 newly-elected BJP MLAs in the presence of central observers Ravi Shankar Prasad and OP Dhankar. The first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh thanked the central leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all the BJP MLAs for the responsibility and pledged to “take Delhi to new heights” after her name was announced.
She, along with the council of ministers, will take the oath of office at Ramlila Maidan tomorrow. Key political figures, including PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states, are expected to attend the ceremony.
Ms Gupta will be the fourth woman Chief Minister of the capital after Sushma Swaraj (BJP), Sheila Dikshit (Congress) and Atishi (AAP). The 50-year-old – a former Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) president and civic body councillor – is also going to be the only incumbent woman chief minister in any BJP-ruled state.
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