Rekha Gupta to be Delhi Chief Minister, elected leader at BJP legislators meeting

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rekha Gupta will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi. She was elected leader of the BJP legislature party at a meeting of newly-elected BJP MLAs on Wednesday.

#WATCH | Delhi CM-designate Rekha Gupta shows victory as she leaves from the Delhi LG House

BJP MLA Rekha Gupta will take oath as Chief Minister of Delhi tomorrow pic.twitter.com/Tq4YbKEqNe

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Rekha Gupta has been elected from Shalimar Bagh and will take the oath of office on Thursday at Ramlila Maidan. All arrangements have been made for the swearing-in function tomorrow. BJP central observers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankar were present at the meeting of the newly-elected MLAs.

The BJP is forming a government after 27 years in Delhi. Rekha Gupta will be the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi. The BJP won 48 seats in a historic mandate earlier this month and ousted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from power. (ANI)