'Nahi...Nahi': Delhi CM-Designate Rekha Gupta On Being Asked If She Will Be Living in 'Sheesh Mahal'

New Delhi: Ahead of the grand swearing-in ceremony today, Delhi CM-designate Rekha Gupta addressed whether she would stay in the controversial 'Sheesh Mahal' following her oath taking ceremony.

When asked about living in the 'Sheesh Mahal', Gupta replied, “Nahi, Nahi…”

Earlier, the BJP had criticized the residence—located at 6 Flag Staff Road, where former Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal resided—calling it a symbol of alleged corruption and irregularities.

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said that the bungalow was expanded by merging four government properties and he wrote a letter to the Lt Governor VK Saxena for cancelling the amalgamation of those properties.

He said that the new government to be formed by the party will take a call regarding future use of the bungalow and added "The next Chief Minister of Delhi will not stay in it."

The reconstructed bungalow was the official residence of Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi Chief Minister from 2015 till October 2024 when he vacated it after resigning from the post under fire from the BJP over corruption charges.

Rekha Gupta to Take Oath as Chief Minister Today

Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta, along with six Delhi Cabinet ministers, will take the oath at Ramlila Maidan today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Home Minister Amit Shah , and several other ministers will attend the grand ceremony.

BJP MLAs Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj, Kapil Mishra, and Pankaj Kumar Singh will form the council of ministers for the Delhi government.