Who Is Rekha Gupta, BJP MLA From Shalimar Bagh And New Delhi CM-Designate

New Delhi: Rekha Gupta, the BJP MLA from Shalimar Bagh, has been named the new Chief Minister of Delhi. She is set to take oath of office in a grand ceremony on Thursday. Rekha Gupta will be the 9th, BJP 's second and 4th woman Chief Minister of Delhi. BJP MLA Parvesh Verma, who defeated Arvind Kejriwal , has been announced as Deputy Chief Minister.

The announcement was made by BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankar who were appointed as central observers for electing Delhi's Legislature Party leader. 

Who is Rekha Gupta?

• Born in Haryana 's Julana on July 19, 1974, Rekha Gupta, who comes from a the Baniya community and has a 32-year-old association with the RSS.
• Rekha Gupta completed her graduation from Daulat Ram College of Delhi University.
• She is also the national vice president of BJP Mahila Morcha and a member of the party's national executive.
• She began her political journey as a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 1992.
• Gupta later became Secretary of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) in 1996-97 and its president in 2007.
• A former Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) president, Gupta has remained active in highlighting women centric issues.
• She was elected as councillor from North Pitampura 2010. Gupta later became a member of the National Executive of BJP in 2022.
• She was the BJP candidate for the Mayor post in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) 2023.
• Rekha Gupta was also the former mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDPM).
• In recently concluded Delhi Assembly elections, Rekha Gupta won her election from Shalimar Bagh seat by a margin of over 29,500 votes after she defeated AAP's Bandana Kumari.

BJP returns to Delhi after 27 years, marks historic victory in Delhi election defeating Kejriwal's AAP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scripted a historic victory in Delhi after 27 years, defeating Arvind Kejriwal's Aap Aadmi Party (AAP) which was ruling in the national capital since 2013.

BJP won a total of 48 seats as it comfortably crossed the halfway mark of 36 to claim the majority. For Kejriwal, it was his most crushing defeat ever because the AAP convenor even failed to win his own election from New Delhi against BJP's Parvesh Verma. His close aide and former Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia also lost the election.

Outgoing Chief Minister and AAP leader Atishi was the only one from party's senior leaders who was able to retain her seat. She won from Kalkaji.