A grassroots leader steeped in BJP ideology, Rekha Gupta, will take oath as Delhi Chief Minister on Thursday, marking a historic day for her and her party as it will form government in Delhi after nearly 27 years.
Delhi Chief Minister-Designate Rekha Gupta on Wednesday expressed her gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party leadership and the people of Delhi for the responsibility bestowed on her and said every moment of her life will spent in fulfilling it.
Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit the state on February 23 and will spend the night in the capital. Additionally, on February 23, the Prime Minister will hold a meeting with all the BJP MLAs, MPs, and prominent office-bearers at Kushabhau Thakre Convention Center in Bhopal. As a resu
BJP MP Yogender Chandolia on Wednesday took a swipe at AAP leader Atishi's attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party over its delay in announcing the chief minister after Rekha Gupta was elected leader of the BJP legislative party at a meeting of newly-elected BJP MLAs.
BJP leader Rekha Gupta, who was elected leader by the party's newly elected MLAs on Wednesday, met Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and staked claim to form a government in the national capital.
She is set to become the fourth female Chief Minister of Delhi.She was elected leader of the BJP legislative party at a meeting of newly elected BJP MLAs on Wednesday.
Rekha Gupta has been elected from Shalimar Bagh and will take the oath of office on Thursday at Ramlila Maidan. BJP central observers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankar were present at the meeting of the newly-elected MLAs.
Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) MLA KP Vivekananda said that the party is going to complete the 24 years since the inception of the BRS and said that both party cadres and the people of the state are eagerly awaiting the leader's statement on the future direction of the party.
BJD MLAs staged a protest inside the Odisha Assembly premises against the BJP government's restructuring of Mission Shakti groups. MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo accused the government of disregarding the demands of Jeevika Mission and Mission Shakti workers.
Gujarat Congress MLAs gathered outside the State Assembly in Gandhinagar and shouted slogans like "Bharatiya ka ye apman nahi sahega Hindustan" (India will not tolerate this disrespect against the Indians).
"It is justified (Telangana government order), because during Ramzan, in the evening hours they are not in a position to work smoothly and decision taken by the Telangana and Andhra government is justified," Congress MLA told ANI.