India, Feb. 21 -- First-time lawmaker Rekha Gupta took oath as the ninth chief minister of Delhi in a grand ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan on Thursday, marking the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the national capital for the first time in nearly three decades.

Six other legislators took oath as ministers - Jat face Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (New Delhi) who defeated Arvind Kejriwal, Punjabi face Ashish Sood (Janakpuri), Sikh face Manjinder Singh Sirsa (Rajouri Garden), Dalit face Ravinder Indraj Singh (Bawana), Purvanchali Brahmin face Kapil Mishra (Karawal Nagar), and Purvanchali Thakur face Pankaj Singh (Vikaspuri). The CM and all ministers took oath in Hindi while Sirsa was sworn-in in Punjabi.

Gupta, the legisl...