Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rekha Gupta is ready to take oath as the ninth Chief Minister of Delhi on 20 February. Shalimar Bagh MLA will be the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi.
Once taken oath, Gupta, 50 BJP veteran Sushma Swaraj, will join the rank of Congress Stallwart Shiela Dixit And Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atisi – Three women leaders who were at the top of the national capital in different times in the last three decades.
First Delhi assembly election Was held in 1993. Earlier, Congress leaders, Brahma Prakash and Gurmukh Nihal Singh were the Chief Ministers of the Interim Delhi Assembly.
Sushma’s 52 days for Sheela’s 15 years
BJP won 1993 assembly electionsMadan Lal Khurana, Sahib Singh Verma and Sushma Swaraj were three chief ministers in the BJP -ruled assembly for five years till 1998. The last of the three Swaraj was CM for 52 days till December 3, 1998.
Sushma changed Sahib Singh VermaWhich, for other reasons, had to resign at the time of extremely high onion prices between backlash. Sahib Singh Verma’s son Pravesh Verma defeated Arvind Kejriwal From New Delhi seat in Delhi assembly elections.
In his short tenure, Swaraj – Delhi’s first woman CM – Install a committee to restore onion supply to help reduce prices. He allegedly arranged a van to distribute onions in Delhi.
Congress won the next three elections – 1998, 2003 and 2008. Shiela Dixit Was the Chief Minister of Delhi for 15 years. Dikshit’s back-to-back three terms have been the longest ever, and saw a visual change of landscape of the national capital, including expansion Delhi Metro.
Arvind Kejriwal’s 10 years
Congress was replaced by AAP in 2013 Arvind Kejriwal As Chief Minister. AAP won the next two elections – 2015 and 2020. Arvind Kejriwal was the Chief Minister for almost ten years, until he resigned in September last year. Kejriwal was replaced by Atishi who remained the Chief Minister for about five months.
Rekha Gupta will convert Kali into Chief Minister tomorrow. By making him Delhi CM, BJP is probably trying to build on heritage Women Chief Minister Delhi has been almost 16 years since 1993. Gupta’s five -year term, if completed, will be 21 years.
All NDA will be the current CM only in ruled states. She will currently be the second woman CM in states and UTS in the country. Mamta Banerjee of West Bengal Currently the only woman in the country is CM.
With the swearing in of Rekha Gupta, Delhi continued their legacy of women Chief Ministers, which is a will for their permanent impact in the government.
BJP won 48 out of total 70 seats in Delhi Assembly, from eight seats won in 2020 Delhi assembly electionAAP won only 22 seats.
