New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- After Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said it was a moment of great happiness, and all the shortcomings in development and the issues that have persisted will begin to improve now.

"It is a moment of great happiness for Delhi. After many years, a double-engine government is formed here. The shortcomings in development and the issues that have persisted will begin to improve in a short period of time," Puri told ANI.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister on Saturday in a grand ceremony at Ramlila Maidan.

Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administered the oath of office to Rekha Gupta and her council of ministers in the...