New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The first day of the eighth Delhi assembly kicked off on Monday with ceremonial oath-taking by all 70 newly elected MLAs and the election of three-time MLA Vijender Gupta as speaker, but an uproar over allegations that portraits of national icons were removed from the chief minister's office triggered a bitter war of words that set the tone for the Capital's new political landscape.

The real flashpoint is expected on Tuesday when the BJP government tables 14 pending Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) reports that the party says allegedly details financial irregularities during AAP's tenure.

Chief minister Rekha Gupta was the first to take her oath, followed by her six cabinet ministers Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, ...