The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) ended the suspense surrounding the brand new Delhi Chief Minister and introduced get together MLA Rekha Gupta’s identify for the highest submit. First-time MLA Gupta, 50, was chosen because the Chief of the Home within the Delhi Meeting on the BJP legislature get together assembly late night on Wednesday within the nationwide capital. This comes 11 days after the BJP returned to energy after over 26 years, ending the 10-year rule of the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP.
Within the lately concluded Delhi Meeting polls, the saffron get together bagged 48 seats, and AAP was decreased to 22 seats. The Congress drew a clean in Delhi for the third straight time. Gupta, accompanied by Prasad, Dhankar, and Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, amongst others, met Lt. Governor VK Saxena and staked a declare to type the federal government.
With curtains down on the brand new CM’s identify, all eyes are set on what Delhi’s new cupboard will appear like. Listed here are a number of probably names to get a ministerial berth within the Rekha Gupta-led cupboard.
Parvesh Verma: One of many key BJP leaders within the nationwide capital, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, whose identify was doing the spherical because the saffron get together’s selection for the CM, can maintain essential portfolios within the Rekha Gupta-led Delhi cupboard. BJP’s Jat face within the capital defeated Aam Aadmi Occasion chief and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi seat within the lately concluded Delhi Meeting elections.
Kapil Mishra: A firebrand BJP chief in Delhi, Kapil Mishra joined the saffron camp in 2019. Following his speech in February 2020, he garnered consideration after he was blamed for triggering communal violence in the course of the clashes between supporters and opponents of the Citizenship (Modification) Act (CAA).
Within the lately concluded Delhi polls, Mishra, former AAP chief, gained from the Karawal Nagar Vidhan Sabha constituency.
Ashish Sood: One other key chief of the BJP in Delhi, Ashish Sood is the get together’s Punjabi face who emerged victorious from the Janakpur Meeting seat, defeating AAP’s Parveen Kumar. Sood may be very a lot within the race for a ministerial submit within the Delhi cupboard as he brings expertise to the desk.
He has held varied key positions throughout the get together up to now, together with serving as a councillor, Chief of the Home within the South Delhi Municipal Company (SDMC), and extra lately because the saffron get together’s Goa in-charge and co-in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir.
Arvinder Singh Pretty: Arvinder Singh Pretty, the BJP chief who bagged the Gandhi Nagar constituency defeating AAP’s Naveen Chaudhary, is one other key identify who’s more likely to get a ministerial berth within the Delhi cupboard. Former Delhi Congress president Pretty jumped ships to affix the Bharatiya Janata Occasion in 2017. On the time, former Delhi CM late Sheila Dikshit had accused him of betraying the grand outdated get together.
Nevertheless, after a short stint with the BJP, Pretty returned to the Congress in February 2018, met Rahul Gandhi, and regretted leaving the get together. In 2019, Pretty contested the Lok Sabha elections from East Delhi, dealing with off in opposition to BJP’s Gautam Gambhir and AAP’s Atishi. He misplaced by a margin of over 3.9 lakh votes. Days earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he rejoined the saffron get together. Born in 1968, Pretty held crucial portfolios in Sheila Dikshit’s authorities, together with city growth, income, training, and transport.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa: Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who joined the BJP in 2021, was a outstanding determine within the Shiromani Akali Dal. He’s an MLA representing Rajouri Backyard. Sirsa garnered limelight in the course of the farmers’ protest, the place he was usually seen arranging langars for the protesters tenting on Delhi’s roads in opposition to the farm legal guidelines.
Pankaj Singh: A key Purvanchali chief, Pankaj Kumar Singh secured victory within the Vikaspuri (South-West) constituency after defeating Mahinder Yadav of the AAP. He’s a professional dentist and is actively concerned in social companies.
Apart from these key leaders within the saffron camp, there are different faces, together with Karnail Singh. Mohan Singh Bisht and Harish Khurana are more likely to discover a place within the Delhi cupboard and take oath in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan. The swearing-in ceremony of the brand new Delhi CM is ready to happen right now. Greater than 25,000 safety personnel will probably be deployed within the central, north, and New Delhi areas of town for the ceremony.
