New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- President Droupadi Murmu has appointed BJP MLA-elect Rekha Gupta as the Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Six other MLAs will also take the oath as ministers. A gazette notification was issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday. It said the appointments would be effective from the date they are sworn in.

Rekha Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, will be sworn in as Delhi's fourth woman chief minister at a mega event at Ramlila Ground. "The President is pleased to appoint Mrs. Rekha Gupta as the Chief Minister, National Capital Territory of Delhi with effect from the date she is sworn in," reads the notification signed by Praveen Kumar Rai, joint secretary. The notifica...