Rekha Gupta sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister after BJP election win

Rekha Gupta, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, was sworn in as chief minister of Delhi on 20 February 2025. The ceremony followed the BJP's victory in the Delhi assembly election earlier that month, which ended the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) long run in power in the capital.

Her government's return to office put the BJP in charge of Delhi's state government for the first time in more than two decades. She became the city's fourth woman chief minister.

Cleaning the Yamuna, the heavily polluted river that runs through the capital, was among the BJP's key campaign promises. The river's pollution had long been a political issue, with parties trading blame over untreated sewage and industrial waste flowing into it.

The oath-taking therefore marked the start of a government that had pledged to make the Yamuna's rejuvenation and its riverfront a priority. Later projects, including river-based tourism, have been presented against that background.