Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Oath Taking LIVE: CM-designate arrives at Ramlila Ground, swearing in shortly

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA-elect Rekha Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, will be sworn in as the fourth woman chief minister of Delhi on Thursday at a mega event at Ramlila Ground.

The party is set to form the government in Delhi after 27 years, securing 48 seats in the 70-member legislative assembly.

BJP MLAs Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Raviraj Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra, and Pankaj Kumar Singh will take the oath as ministers, PTI reported.

Rekha Gupta said the first tranche of the income support to women, ₹2,500 per month, under the Mahila Samridhi Yojana, will be credited to their bank account by March 8.

The suspense over Delhi’s next chief minister ended on Wednesday. At a crucial meeting, the BJP MLAs chose Rekha Gupta (50) as the party’s leader. She met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and staked her claim to form the next government.

Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party criticised the BJP over the delay in announcing the name and urged the party to turn its focus to law and order issues after electing its chief minister.

Delhi CM oath-taking ceremony 

The event is scheduled to begin at 11am and likely conclude by 1pm. Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena will administer the oath of office and the oath of secrecy to the new chief minister and cabinet ministers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, several BJP chief ministers and party leaders will attend the event.

The BJP has invited around 30,000 guests, including key RSS leaders and spiritual Dharm Gurus. Industrialists, celebrities, Laddli Bahanas, auto drivers and farmers from Delhi are also likely to attend the programme.

Outgoing Delhi chief minister Atishi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will also be invited according to protocol.

More than 25,000 security personnel and over 15 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed across Delhi.

Delhi police said commandos, quick reaction teams, PCR vans, and SWAT teams had been deployed at strategic locations while snipers were positioned at high-rise buildings nearby.