The first session of the eighth legislative assembly of Delhi will begin today. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is set to move a motion to nominate Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vijender Gupta as the Speaker of the House.

Rekha Gupta has taken oath as the Delhi chief minister, becoming the first leader from the BJP to assume the post after 27 years. While names like Parvesh Verma, Vijender Gupta and Satish Upadhyay were doing the rounds,

Rekha Gupta was picked ahead of leaders including Parvesh Verma, Vijender Gupta, and Ashish Sood to lead the BJP's first government in Delhi after 27 years

CM Rekha Gupta on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah before chairing a meeting of BJP's legislature party on the eve of the first session of the new Assembly.

Shalimar Bagh MLA Rekha Gupta has become Delhi's fourth woman CM as well as the fourth BJP leader to hold the post. So far, none of the previous CMs from the BJP have completed a full term in office.

As tables turned in Delhi with the triumph of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded assembly polls, party's MLA from Rohini Vijender Gupta has been named the speaker.

Former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Atishi has written to the newly elected Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, requesting a meeting with the AAP Legislature Party on February 23 to discuss the BJP’s unfulfilled promise of giving Rs 2500 per month to women in Delhi.

Newly-elected chief minister Rekha Gupta, said that the AAP has always exploited people’s rights, so they cannot question the BJP’s work in one day