India, Feb. 20 -- Rekha Gupta, a first-time lawmaker, was sworn in as the Delhi chief minister on Thursday at Ramlila Maidan at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah among other top National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders.

The development comes 12 days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was voted back to power in the national Capital after 27 years.

Six MLAs, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, who defeated former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra, and Pankaj Singh were also sworn in as ministers into Gupta's Cabinet.

Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena administered oath of office and secrecy to the CM and ...