Clad In Saffron, First-Time MLA Rekha Gupta Takes Oath As Delhi's 9th And BJP's Only Woman CM At Present

Rekha Gupta Oath-Taking: Shalimar Bagh MLA Rekha Gupta took oath as the CM of Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of other BJP-governed states.

Rekha Gupta Gupta took oath as Delhi's CM on February 20.

Source : PTI

Rekha Gupta News: Delhi got its ninth Chief Minister on Thursday, February 8, when Rekha Gupta took the oath of office at the Ramlila Maidan. CM Rekha Gupta is also the fourth Chief Minister of Delhi from the BJP as well as the Union Territory's fourth woman CM.

Before Gupta, Brahm Prakash Yadav, Gurmukh Nihal Singh, Madan Lal Khurana, Sahib Singh Verma, Sushma Swaraj, Sheila Dikshit, Arvind Kejriwal, and Atishi served as Delhi's Chief Ministers. While Yadav, Singh, and Dikshit were from Congress, Kejriwal and Atishi were from the AAP. Khurana, Verma, and Swaraj were from the BJP. Notably, only Dikshit completed three full terms in office while Kejriwal could complete only one full term. None of the others could stay in office for five years.

On Thursday, she took oath in a huge function attended by PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the Chief Ministers of other BJP-ruled states.

Watch | रेखा गुप्ता ने दिल्ली की मुख्यमंत्री के रूप में शपथ ली, रेखा गुप्ता दिल्ली की चौथी महिला मुख्यमंत्री हैं#Delhi #DelhiCM #RekhaGupta #RamleelaMaidan #BJP #OathCeremony #ABPNews #india pic.twitter.com/buaaryOBWH

— ABP News (@ABPNews) February 20, 2025

Who Is Rekha Gupta, Delhi's New CM?

Rekha Gupta is a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh and a seasoned municipal councillor. She is currently the only woman Chief Minister in a BJP-governed state or Union Territory.

Born in Haryana's Jind district, the 50-year-old leader moved to Delhi with her family at the age of two. Her father was employed with the State Bank of India.

Gupta's political journey began during her college years when she joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS, while studying at Daulat Ram College in 1993. She held leadership positions in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU), serving as general secretary from 1995 to 1996 and later as president from 1996 to 1997. She has earned a commerce degree along with a Master’s degree in management and arts from the University of Delhi.

In 2002, she joined the BJP and quickly rose through the party ranks, becoming the secretary of the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. She later served as the national secretary of the organization until 2005. Over the years, she has held various posts, including general secretary of the Delhi BJP Mahila Morcha, national vice-chairperson of the BJP Mahila Morcha, and national in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Mahila Morcha. She has also been a member of the BJP National Executive.

Her first attempt at an Assembly election in 2015 ended in defeat against AAP’s Bandana Kumari by 10,978 votes. She contested again in 2020 but lost to Kumari once more, though she significantly reduced the margin to 3,440 votes. In 2022, she returned to the MCD polls and secured a win from the Shalimar Bagh ward. She was later nominated as the BJP’s candidate for the mayoral election but lost to AAP’s Shelly Oberoi.

This year, she was once again given the opportunity to contest against Bandana Kumari in the Assembly elections and she did not disappoint. She thrashed Kumari by a decisive margin of 29,595 votes.

Gupta is a mother of two. Her daughter is pursuing postgraduate studies in Australia, while her son is completing an engineering degree in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.