New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta is likely to be sworn in as Speaker of the Delhi Assembly, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Delhi Chief Minister designate Rekha Gupta, party sources said on Thursday.

Mohan Singh Bisht is likely to be the deputy speaker, according to sources.

Vijender Gupta, who was the Leader of Opposition in the assembly, is MLA of Rohini. He won the assembly constituency with a margin of more than 37 thousand votes, beating Aam Aadmi Party's Pradeep Mittal. Gupta has been the president of Delhi BJP too, along with a Delhi Development Authority member, and a former chairman of MCD's standing committee.

Meanwhile, BJP's Mohan Singh Bisht won with a margin on more than 17 thousand ...