NEW DELHI: Former chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday congratulated Rekha Gupta after the BJP named her Delhi chief minister.
“Many congratulations to Rekha Gupta ji on becoming the Chief Minister of Delhi. I hope that she will fulfill all the promises made to the people of Delhi,” Kejriwal said in a post on X.
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“We will support her in every work for the development and welfare of the people of Delhi,” the former CM added.
Rekha Gupta was elected leader of the BJP legislative party at a meeting of newly-elected BJP MLAs.
The first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh will take the oath of office on Thursday at the iconic Ramlila Maidan.
BJP will form a government after 27 years in Delhi. Rekha Gupta will be the fourth woman chief minister of Delhi.
The BJP won 48 seats in a historic mandate earlier this month and ousted AAP from power.