New Delhi, March 15 -- Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma on Saturday performed havan on the occasion of the birth anniversary of his late father and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta also attended the prayer meet of former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma.

Sahib Singh Verma was born in a farmer's family at Mundka Village in Delhi on March 15, 1943. He began his political career as an RSS worker and was elected to the Delhi Municipal Corporation on a Janata Party ticket in 1997.

He became Chief Minister of Delhi in 1996 and continued on this post for more than two and a half years.

Earlier on March 11, Delhi Public Works Department (PwD) Minister Parvesh Verma took oath as a member of the New Delhi Mu...