"Hope Delhi will move towards progress under her leadership": UP Dy CM KP Maurya on Delhi CM Rekha Gupta
Feb 20, 2025
New Delhi [India], February 20 : Shortly after Rekha Gupta took charge as the ninth Chief Minister of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister KP Maurya expressed hope that Delhi will march on the road of progress under the leadership of the newly appointed Chief Minister.
"I congratulate Rekha Gupta and her cabinet for taking oath today... I hope Delhi will move towards progress under her leadership. Today, we had lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and we discussed things regarding winning Bihar (assembly elections)," he told ANI, referring to the meeting of the chief minister of the NDA-ruled states.
Earlier in the day, Maurya also attended a meeting of the Chief Ministers of the National Democratic Alliance-ruled states after the oath-taking ceremony of Rekha Gupta held at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi
UP Minister Sanjay Nishad told reporters here, "I congratulate the people of Delhi and BJP workers for bringing change in Delhi. I especially congratulate Modi ji for giving an important post to a woman in Delhi." 
Earlier, Rekha Gupta took oath as the ninth Chief Minister of Delhi at the historic Ramlila Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several NDA leaders and Chief Ministers. The list included the likes of Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan, Devendra Fadnavis, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Amit Shah, JP Nadda and many more.
Speaking to ANI after taking oath as the fourth woman CM of Delhi, Rekha Gupta thanked the people of Delhi and expressed gratitude for the blessings.
"Thank you Delhi. I thank BJP, and I am grateful for the blessings of all of you," she said.
Apart from Rekha Gupta, Parvesh Verma who defeated AAP convener and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took oath as cabinet minister followed by Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ashish Sood, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Kapil Mishra and Ravinder Indraj Singh.
Bharatiya Janata Party's top leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were present on the occasion.
