♦ The Bharatiya Janata Party announced Rekha Gupta as the leader of the BJP’s Delhi legislative party on 19 February 2025.

♦ She is the MLA from Shalimar Bagh. The BJP, which had been out of power in Delhi since 1998, won a convincing victory in the 2025 Assembly elections, winning 48 seats in the 70-member Assembly, and reducing the AAP to 22.

♦ Rekha Gupta took oath as Chief Minister on February 20. She became the fourth woman CM of Delhi. Sushma Swaraj, Sheila Dikshit and Atishi are the other women who have held the post.