Unique: Delhi Chief Minister-Designate’s Message For Ladies Voters
New Delhi:
Delhi will get its ninth Chief Minister in Rekha Gupta on Thursday, turning into solely the fourth girl to carry the place within the nationwide capital. Talking to NDTV, she mentioned the honour isn’t just for her however for “all of the sisters and daughters of this nation”.
Ms Gupta asserted that ladies’s points can be her precedence and had a particular message for them: “Their struggle for his or her rights… they may get their rights”.
Within the run-up to the Delhi meeting elections, ladies have been on the centre of the BJP’s ballot pitch. The celebration has promised Rs 2,500 month-to-month support for girls, surpassing AAP’s promise of Rs 2,100, monetary help of Rs 21,000 for each pregnant girl, LPG cylinders at Rs 500 and likewise Rs 2,500 pension for senior residents.
Ms Gupta, 50, additionally expressed her gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, celebration management and the individuals of Delhi for the accountability bestowed on her and mentioned each second of her life can be spent fulfilling it.
“I need to thank PM Modi, BJP excessive command individuals of Delhi for giving me this chance, after 27 years, a brand new chapter is starting. It’s a second of delight for the ladies within the nation. Now we have staked declare to type the federal government…each dedication of BJP, fulfilling it’s the final objective of my life,” she mentioned.
Rekha Gupta, who gained from Shalimar Bagh defeating AAP candidate Bandana Kumari by over 29,000 votes and was among the many frontrunners for the chief ministership, will take the oath of workplace at a grand ceremony on the Ramlila floor on Thursday. Prime leaders, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his cupboard colleagues and the chief ministers of NDA-ruled states, are anticipated to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
She was chosen because the Chief of the Home within the Delhi Meeting on the BJP legislature celebration assembly late night, senior BJP chief Ravishankar Prasad, who together with OP Dhankar was appointed because the celebration’s two central observers, introduced on Wednesday.
Ms Gupta, 50, later met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and staked a declare to type the federal government.
There was no official phrase from the celebration whether or not there can be a deputy chief minister within the BJP authorities. Nonetheless, celebration sources mentioned that within the cupboard, illustration can be given to all communities. Delhi can have a most of seven ministers together with the Chief Minister.
She may even be the fourth Chief Minister from the BJP in Delhi after Madan Lal Khurana, Sahib Singh Verma, and Sushma Swaraj.
The BJP gained 48 seats in a historic mandate within the Delhi meeting election earlier this month, ousting the Aam Aadmi Celebration from energy. The Congress didn’t open its account.
