{"id":998,"date":"2025-02-20T04:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T04:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=998"},"modified":"2025-02-20T04:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T04:49:55","slug":"rekha-gupta-staked-claim-to-form-government-in-delhi-set-to-become-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"Rekha Gupta Staked Claim to Form Government in Delhi; Set to Become Chief Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a significant political development, <strong>BJP MLA and Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta<\/strong> met with <strong>Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena<\/strong> on Wednesday evening, formally staking her claim to form the government in the national capital. Gupta was accompanied by <strong>BJP state observers Ravi Shankar Prasad<\/strong> and <strong>OP Dhankar<\/strong>, along with <strong>city BJP president Virendra Sachdeva<\/strong> and Delhi MPs, including <strong>Bansuri Swaraj<\/strong>, <strong>Praveen Khandelwal<\/strong>, and <strong>Kamaljeet Sehrawat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Leader of the House<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following day, <strong>Rekha Gupta<\/strong> was chosen as the <strong>Leader of the House<\/strong> in the Delhi Assembly during a meeting of the <strong>BJP legislature party<\/strong>. This decision cements her position as the new face of the BJP-led government in Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Historic First for Women<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 50, <strong>Gupta<\/strong> is set to become the <strong>fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi<\/strong>. She follows in the footsteps of <strong>Sushma Swaraj<\/strong>, <strong>Sheila Dikshit<\/strong>, and <strong>Atishi<\/strong>. A <strong>former Delhi University Students&#8217; Union (DUSU) president<\/strong> and <strong>civic body councilor<\/strong>, Gupta is poised to make history as Delhi\u2019s first woman BJP Chief Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Swearing-In Ceremony at Ramlila Maidan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The swearing-in ceremony for the <strong>new BJP government<\/strong>, led by Gupta, is set to take place on <strong>Thursday afternoon<\/strong> at the iconic <strong>Ramlila Maidan<\/strong>, where <strong>Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/strong> and other dignitaries will be present. This ceremony will mark a new chapter in Delhi&#8217;s political landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BJP\u2019s Historic Victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gupta\u2019s leadership comes after the <strong>BJP<\/strong> secured a decisive win in the recently concluded <strong>70-member Delhi Assembly elections<\/strong>. The party claimed <strong>48 seats<\/strong>, effectively ending the <strong>Aam Aadmi Party\u2019s (AAP)<\/strong> decade-long rule in the capital. Gupta will also become the <strong>fourth Chief Minister from the BJP<\/strong> in Delhi, following in the footsteps of <strong>Madan Lal Khurana<\/strong>, <strong>Sahib Singh Verma<\/strong>, and <strong>Sushma Swaraj<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, Gupta will be the <strong>only incumbent woman Chief Minister<\/strong> in any BJP-ruled state. Her leadership signals a significant shift in Delhi\u2019s political dynamics and the BJP\u2019s growing influence in the national capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant political development, BJP MLA and Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta met with Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Wednesday evening, formally staking her&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-998","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/998\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/duggarsamvad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}