New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Rekha Gupta as Chief Minister of Delhi. Gupta won the Delhi Assembly Election 2025 from Shalimar Bagh seat with 68,200 votes, defeating Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Bandana Kumari by 29,595 votes.

Once sworn in, Gupta, the first-time MLA and three-time concillor, will become the only women to be the chief minister in all BJP-ruled states of the country. She will also be fourth women chief minister of Delhi. Before her, Sushma Swaraj, Sheila Dikshit and Atishi were women CMs of Delhi.

The highly anticipated decision was taken at the BJP Legislature Party meeting held at the party's Delhi unit office on Wednesday evening. Earlier the BJP named former Union minister Ravi Shank...