Rekha Gupta spoke to HT about priorities of her government, key promises made by BJP in the run-up to the elections, and working with the city-state’s LG.

Gupta is the fourth female chief minister in Delhi, but it is still rare for Indian political parties to name women to top positions.

Within hours of taking oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta, along with her Cabinet colleagues, perform ‘Yamuna aarti’ at the city’s Vasudev Ghat. The party leaders then headed to the Delhi secretariat for the first Cabinet meeting.

BJP's debutant legislator Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Delhi chief minister on Thursday in a grand show of strength that marks the party's return to power in the city after more than 26 years. Along with Gupta,

Rekha Gupta took oath as Delhi's new Chief Minister, leading BJP's return to power after 27 years. PM Modi, top leaders attend grand swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan.

Six other MLAs including New Delhi MLA Parvesh Verma have been given a berth in the Delhi Cabinet led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

Now that Delhi has got its new Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the suspense around who is going to be a part of the Cabinet, has also ended. The full list of Delhi Cabinet ministers include Parvesh Verma, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravindra Kumar Indraj, Kapil Mishra, Ashish Sood and Pankaj Kumar Singh.

India is a democratic republic, which means that the people choose their government through a voting system. So, whether it's a union, state, or federal election, India follows a democratic process where citizens have the right to vote and choose their representatives.

Rekha Gupta was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi in a grand ceremony at Ramlila Maidan today, marking the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) return to power in the national capital after 26 years.