Gupta is the fourth female chief minister in Delhi, but it is still rare for Indian political parties to name women to top positions.

BJP's debutant legislator Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Delhi chief minister on Thursday in a grand show of strength that marks the party's return to power in the city after more than 26 years. Along with Gupta,

BJP MLA Rekha Gupta took charge as the ninth Chief Minister of Delhi at her Secretariat office here on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh was administered oath as the chief minister by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in a grand ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan. Her Council of Ministers were also sworn in.

Six other MLAs including New Delhi MLA Parvesh Verma have been given a berth in the Delhi Cabinet led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

Now that Delhi has got its new Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the suspense around who is going to be a part of the Cabinet, has also ended. The full list of Delhi Cabinet ministers include Parvesh Verma, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravindra Kumar Indraj, Kapil Mishra, Ashish Sood and Pankaj Kumar Singh.

Sheila Dikshit is the longest-serving chief minister of New Delhi, having served for 15 years and 25 days in total.

Rekha Gupta was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi in a grand ceremony at Ramlila Maidan today, marking the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) return to power in the national capital after 26 years.