Feb 19, 2025 (Agency): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced Shalimar Bagh MLA Rekha Gupta as their pick for Chief Minister of Delhi. The last time the BJP had a Chief Minister for Delhi was Sushma Swaraj, who served briefly in 1998.
Rekha Gupta is the fourth female Chief Minister of Delhi after BJP’s Sushma Swaraj, Congress’ Sheila Dikshit, and AAP’s Atishi. Rekha Gupta was elected to lead the BJP Legislative Party in Delhi.
The only other current female Chief Minister in India is TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. The announcement follows a meeting of the BJP’s Parliamentary Board, where observers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankar were appointed to oversee the selection process. The 48 newly elected BJP legislators convened to elect their leader, who will now assume the role of Chief Minister of Delhi.
