Delhi CM: BJP Appoints Rekha Gupta as the New CM of Delhi.

Rekha Gupta Takes Charge: BJP Appoints New Delhi CM

Written by: Supriya Kadu

Edited by: Pinky Deshmukh

Last Updated: February 20, 2025

Summary: BJP chose Rekha Gupta as Delhi CM, know why?

Despite being a new Member of Parliament, Rekha Gupta has a lengthy political career. She was appointed Chief Minister of Delhi on Wednesday. BJP can try to gain points by choosing her over other well-known contenders, including the giant slayer Parvesh Verma who himself suggested her name for the post of Chief Minister of Delhi.

Gupta, 50, won the Shalimar Bagh seat by a margin of approximately 30,000 votes in the recent Delhi Assembly Elections. On her campaign website, the BJP leader employs "Kaam hi Pehchaan," meaning ‘My work is my identity’.

Among the contestants were Parvesh Verma, who overcame Delhi BJP general secretary Ashish Sood, former Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta, Satish Upadhyay, Jitendra Mahajan, and AAP president Arvind Kejriwal.

On Thursday at around noon, Gupta and six other ministers will take the oath of office in Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.

About Rekha Gupta:

The Delhi University student elections were Rekha Gupta's first political experience. She was the mayor of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and has served on the council three times. In 2022, she was also selected by the BJP in opposition to Shelly Oberoi of the AAP as the MCD mayor candidate.

She has been the National Vice-President of BJP Mahila Morcha. She had previously been the Delhi BJP's general secretary.