New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader and Shalimar Bagh MLA Rekha Gupta will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi.

Meanwhile, New Delhi MLA Parvesh Verma has been named as the Deputy Chief Minister.

The announcement came after the BJP legislature party meeting, which was held at the party's Delhi unit office on Wednesday evening. 50-year-old Gupta, an MLA from the Shalimar Bagh constituency, defeated Aam Aadmi Party's leader Bandana Kumari in the recently held Assembly election.

Rekha Gupta is a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, whose life is dedicated to social service and politics.

She began her political journey through the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Daulat Ram College, Delhi ...