Bhubaneswar, Feb. 19 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rekha Gupta will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi. She was elected as the leader of BJP Legislature Party today.

Gupta (51) has been elected to the Delhi Assembly from Shalimar Bagh (North-West) seat in 2025 elections. Gupta, a former Delhi University Students' Union president and municipal councillor, is a first-time MLA.

Gupta will be the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Sushma Swaraj (BJP), Sheila Dikshit (Congress), and Atishi (AAP).

Parvesh Verma, who defeated former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi seat, will be the Deputy Chief Minister.

The BJP leadership had appointed senior leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankar as party's ...