Shortly after taking charge as Delhi's chief minister, Rekha Gupta said on Thursday that her government would not waste a single day in realising its mission of 'Vikasit Delhi'.
"We will fulfil all the commitments made to the people of Delhi," she said while talking to reporters.
#WATCH | After assuming the charge, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says, "We have a cabinet meeting today. We will continuously work towards the mission of Viksit Delhi, and we will fulfil all the promises that we have made... At 5 PM, we will go to Yamuna Ghat for aarti. The cabinet… pic.twitter.com/7OURD69kna
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2025
The chief minister said she and other ministers will perform an arti at a Yamuna Ghat in the evening and later the first meeting of the new cabinet will be held at 7 pm.
Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, was sworn in as the chief minister along with six ministers at a grand event at the sprawling Ramlila Maidan.
Those who took oath as ministers included Parvesh Verma, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Kapil Mishra, Pankaj Singh, Ashish Sood and Ravinder Indraj.
#WATCH | Delhi CM Rekha Gupta formally assumes the office at the Secretariat as the 4th overall and 2nd woman BJP CM of Delhi pic.twitter.com/cfl6tYhsn6
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2025
The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the top BJP brass and NDA leaders.
Soon after the swearing-in, Modi in a post on X expressed confidence that Gupta will work for the city's development with full vigour.
"She has risen from the grassroots, being active in campus politics, state organisation, municipal administration and now MLA as well as Chief Minister," he said.
The BJP returned to power in the national capital after a gap of 27 years in the February 5 assembly elections. The saffron party bagged 48 out of the 70 seats, restricting the AAP, which ruled the capital city for two consecutive terms, to 22 seats.
Gupta was picked as the chief minister at a BJP legislature party meeting held on Wednesday evening.
