India, Feb. 19 -- The suspense over Delhi's new chief minister ended on Wednesday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) elected first-time MLA Rekha Gupta to the post. The decision comes as the party returns to power in the national capital after 27 years, securing 48 seats in the 70-member House.

Gupta's name was announced at the BJP's legislature party meeting, attended by observers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankhar.

Gupta, a former president and general secretary of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) has served as the general secretary of the BJP Mahila Morcha in Delhi and as a member of the party's national executive committee.She started her political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Da...