Delhi swearing -in ceremony today: For the first time, MLA Renha Gupta has been prepared to administer the oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi at a mega swearing -in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan today. Along with him, six other MLAs including Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh will also take oath as ministers of Delhi.
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena will take oath to the new Chief Minister and Cabinet Ministers.
Gupta was elected as the leader of the BJP Assembly Party in an important meeting on Wednesday evening. After the meeting, he was nominated for the next Delhi CM, which was abolished by 11 days of suspense in the top position after BJP returned to power after 26 years, which led Ended
Rekha Gupta contested the Shalimar Bagh seat in the Delhi Assembly elections on 5 February, defeating AAP candidate Bandana Kumari by about 30,000 votes.
Later, she met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and claimed to form the next government in Delhi.
“In the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the leader of the BJP Assembly Party, Mrs. Rekha Gupta called the Honorable LG, Mr. VK Saxena in Raj Navas and stopped his claim to form a new government of Delhi. Hon’ble LG accepted the claim. And invited it to form a new government, “Delhi LG said in a post on X.
In the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the leader of the BJP Assembly Party, Mrs. Rekha Gupta called the Honorable LG, Mr. VK Saxena at the Raj Niwas and stopped his claim to form a new government of NCT of Delhi.
Honorable LG accepted the claim and invited it to form a new government. pic.twitter.com/oynzyj3gbl
– LG Delhi (@ltgovdelhi) February 19, 2025
More than 25,000 security personnel have been deployed in and around the venue to ensure law and order. Delhi Police on Thursday also released traffic advice hoping for a large crowd.
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