India, Feb. 20 -- Ashish Sood was sworn in as a Delhi minister in chief minister Rekha Gupta's Cabinet on Thursday at Ramlila Maidan during the BJP government's oath-taking ceremony. The new ministers took the oath alongside CM-designate Rekha Gupta in a grand event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries.

Along with Ashish Sood, Parvesh Verma, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Kapil Mishra, Pankaj Kumar Singh, and Ravinder Indraj Singh were also sworn in as Cabinet ministers.

Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh along with other Union ministers and NDA chief ministers, also attended the swearing-in ceremony. The BJP ended its 27-year losing streak in Delhi, securing a two-thirds majority and defeati...