Delhi CM Oath Ceremony: Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood and 4 others to be sworn in as cabinet ministers alongwith Rekha Gupta
The list of ministers include Parvesh Sahib Singh (won from the New Delhi constituency by defeating AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal), Ashish Sood (won from the Janakpuri constituency), Manjinder Singh Sirsa (won from the Rajouri Garden seat), Ravinder Indraj Singh (won from Bawana), Kapil Mishra (Karawal Nagar), and Pankaj Kumar Singh (Vikaspuri constituency).
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09:57 AM IST
Rekha Gupta, Delhi's Chief Minister-designate, will take oath as the state's CM today at around noon at the Ramlila Maidan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and others will also attend the oath ceremony on Thursday, February 20.
Gupta will have six ministers in her cabinet who will also take oath today. President Droupadi Murmu has appointed the CM and her six ministers.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs published a gazette notification on Thursday, stating that the appointments will take effect from the moment they were sworn in.
"The President is pleased to appoint Mrs. Rekha Gupta as the Chief Minister, National Capital Territory of Delhi with effect from the date she is sworn in," reads the notification signed by Praveen Kumar Rai, joint secretary.
Ministers in Rekha Gupta's cabinet
The list of ministers include Parvesh Sahib Singh (won from the New Delhi constituency by defeating AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal), Ashish Sood (won from the Janakpuri constituency), Manjinder Singh Sirsa (won from the Rajouri Garden seat), Ravinder Indraj Singh (won from Bawana), Kapil Mishra (Karawal Nagar), and Pankaj Kumar Singh (Vikaspuri constituency).
Oath-taking ceremony venure?
It will take place around noon at the Ramlila Maidan where a large number of people are expected to participate.
Delhi CM-designate Rekha Gupta has expressed her gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party leadership for placing their faith in her, saying "I will stand up to his expectations".
"PM Narendra Modi has shown immense faith in an ordinary party worker and daughter like me. I will stand up to his expectations. I want to thank the party leadership and PM Narendra Modi who showed immense faith in a commoner like me and bestowed such a big responsibility on me... My story can be an inspiration for every woman, that a common middle-class woman can also be given a chance to reach the top leadership of the party...," Gupta said.
In the Delhi Assembly elections, the BJP won 48 out of 70 seats, while the outgoing Aam Aadmi Party gained 22. For the third time, Congress was unable to establish its account.
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