India, Feb. 20 -- Rekha Gupta, a first-time MLA, will take oath as the new chief minister of Delhi on Thursday at a grand swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Ground on Thursday, February 20. On Wednesday night, the Bharatiya Janata Party ended the 11-day suspense over the next Delhi chief minister, after it returned to power after 27 years.

Rekha Gupta, 50, was chosen as the Leader of the House in the Delhi assembly at the BJP legislature party meeting, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, who, along with OP Dhankar, was appointed as the party's two central observers, announced on Wednesday.

Rekha Gupta, accompanied by Prasad, Dhankar and Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva among others, met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and staked clai...