NEW DELHI, 20 February (H.S.):
The first meeting of Rekha
Gupta Cabinet will be held in the evening today.Rekha Gupta took an oath as Chief Minister of Delhi; 6
ministers also took oath of office and secrecy. The name of Chief Minister
Rekha Gupta was finalized yesterday. She is 9th Chief Minister and 4th
Woman CM in Delhi. Today, the names of 6 cabinet ministers announced. And now
the names of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the Assembly have been revealed.
Vijendra Gupta will be made the speaker in Delhi Assembly. Mohan Singh Bisht
will be made the deputy speaker. Along with Rekha Gupta, 6 ministers also took
an oath. This includes Pravesh Verma who defeated Arvind Kejriwal, Ashish Sood,
Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravindra IndrrajSingh, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar
Singh.
Bharatiya Janata Party has
returned to power in Delhi after 27 years. Rekha Gupta took an oath as Chief
Minister on Thursday 20 February at 12.35pm as per astrological timings. Rekha
Gupta went to visit the Marghatwale Hanuman temple. After doing Puja and Prayer
she went to Ramlila Maidan to take oath with her family. Earlier, the chief
priest of the temple had told that Rekha Gupta has always visit that templt to
seek blessings of Hanuman ji. On the orders of the Home Ministry, Delhi Police
Security Unit has given Z category security to Delhi CM Rekha Gupta. The
swearing-in ceremony was held at the historic Ramlila Maidan. BJP has adopted
the strategy of giving representation to every class and community in the
selection of the cabinet.
Hindusthan Samachar / Meenakshi Bhattacharya