Rekha Gupta Named Delhi CM, Parvesh Verma Likely To Be Her Deputy. Oath-Taking Tomorrow

The chief minister will take the oath along with the council of ministers at the Ramlila Maidan, which can accommodate 30,000 people.

Rekha Gupta will be the next Chief Minister of Delhi while Parvesh Verma will be her Deputy.

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Delhi Chief Minister: Rekha Gupta will be the next Chief Minister of Delhi succeeding Aam Aadmi Party's Atishi as BJP returns to power in Delhi after more than 26 years by sweeping the February 5 Assembly polls while Parvesh Verma is likely to be her deputy, according to sources. 

Rekha Gupta, who will be the lone woman chief minister among the states being currently ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party, won the Delhi polls from Shalimar Bagh assembly constituency while Parvesh Verma earned the title of 'giant killer' after defeating Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi assembly seat. Name of both the leaders were announced during the BJP's legislature party meeting in the national capital on Wednesday.   

The saffron party ended the decade-long rule of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by winning 48 seats in the 70-member House. The Aam Aadmi Party managed to win only 22 seats and lost key seats including Arvind Kejriwal's New Delhi constituency and Manish Sisodia's Jangpura.

With the CM's name being finalised a grand oath ceremony will be held around noon at the Ramlila Maidan on Thursday. The ceremony is likely to be attended by top BJP leaders, including chief ministers from the party-ruled states, and many celebrities.

Visuals on social media showed the Ramlila Maidan being spruced up and its boundary walls getting a fresh coat of paint.

BJP's Key Promises

The BJP wooed Delhi voters with its ambitious pre-poll promises including those of freebies, which it once slammed. Check out the 16 vows it took in its manifesto for the Delhi elections.

"Our government will not only continue existing schemes, but we will also make them more effective by eliminating corruption in these schemes."

"We will provide financial assistance of  Rs 2,500 monthly to women from poor families under Mahila Samriddhi Yojana.

"We will provide assistance of Rs 21,000 and 6 nutritional kits to every pregnant woman under Mukhya Mantri Matritva  Suraksha Yojana."

"We will provide LPG cylinders for Rs 500 to women from poor families, and one free cylinder each on the occasion of Holi and Deepawali."

"In our first cabinet meeting, we will implement the central government’s Ayushman Bharat Yojana, to provide free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh and the state government will provide Rs 5 lakh additional cover for all the poor families."

"We will provide free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh under Ayushman Bharat Yojana and  the state government will provide Rs 5 lakh additional cover, along with free OPD and diagnostic services to all the 70+ senior citizens."

"We will increase the senior citizens' pension for citizens aged 60-70 from  Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500 and for senior citizens  aged 70+, widows, divyang [handicapped] and the destitute from Rs 500 to Rs 3,000."

"We will establish Atal Canteens in JJ clusters to provide nutritious meals at Rs 5."

"Our government will not make any excuses or blame others for the problems related to Delhi’s health, traffic, electricity, water, transport, etc and will find effective solutions by collaborating with the neighbouring states, MCD, NDMC, and the central government."

"We will adopt a 'zero tolerance' policy  against the widespread misgovernance  and corruption of AAP-DA [Aam Aadmi Party], and we will constitute an SIT to investigate  the scams related to DTC, Mohalla Clinic,  Classroom, Excise Policy, Jal Board, etc."

"We will provide free KG to PG education to poor students taking admission in Delhi’s government institutions."

"We will empower Delhi’s youth to prepare for various competitive examinations of the state government by: (a) Providing one-time financial assistance of Rs15,000. (b) Reimbursing travel cost to the examination centre and application fee for up to 2 attempts."

"We will launch the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar  Stipend Scheme in Delhi to provide a monthly stipend of Rs 1,000 to Scheduled  Caste students pursuing technical and vocational courses in ITIs, skill centres, polytechnics etc."

"We will establish ‘Welfare Boards’ for all auto, taxi drivers and domestic workers under which we will provide life insurance up to Rs 10 lakh, accident insurance up to Rs 5 lakh and offer scholarships to their children for higher education. Additionally, we will provide subsidy on vehicle insurance to auto and taxi  drivers, and provide paid maternity leave up to 6 months to all domestic workers."

"We will double the number of street vendor beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi scheme."

"We will ensure the 100% registration of all eligible farmers in Delhi under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and increase the  annual assistance from Rs 6,000 to Rs 9,000."

Apart from these, the BJP has also promised a pollution-free Delhi and a clean Yamuna. "We will ensure that Delhi becomes one of the cleanest and greenest cities and that the Yamuna regains its former glory," the party says in its Sankalp Patra.