New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Shalimar Bagh MLA Rekha Gupta was appointed as the Delhi chief minister by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, February 19. A first-time MLA, Rekha Gupta also became the only female chief minister in all of the 18 National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-ruled states currently.

While Rekha Gupta will be the only BJP chief minister, the INDIA bloc has Mamata Banerjee, who governs West Bengal, as the only female chief minister.

Rekha Gupta's appointment as the Delhi chief minister is historic for more reasons than one.

Sushma Swaraj: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj made history in 1998 by becoming the first female Chief Minister of Delhi, serving a brief tenure of just 52 days.

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