Vijender Gupta to be Delhi assembly Speaker

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta is likely to be appointed as Speaker of the Delhi Assembly while Mohan Singh Bisht is likely to be the deputy speaker, according to sources. Vijender Gupta, who was the Leader of Opposition in the assembly, is MLA of Rohini. He won the assembly constituency with a margin of more than 37 thousand votes, beating Aam Aadmi Party’s Pradeep Mittal. Gupta has been the president of Delhi BJP too, along with a Delhi Development Authority member, and a former chairman of MCD’s standing committee.

Speaking to ANI on Thursday the CM designate Rekha Gupta said, "It is a miracle, it is a new motivation and a new chapter. If I can be the CM, this means ways are open for all the women... Anyone who has been



corrupt will have to give an account of each and every rupee." Along with Rekha Gupta, six other ministers, including Parvesh Sahib Singh (Deputy CM), Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra, and Pankaj Kumar Singh, will take the oath.

She will be the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi, succeeding AAP’s Atishi. The National Capital has had women Chief Ministers from the BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party. BJP is forming a government in the national capital after 27 years. BJP won 48 seats out of 70 seats, while Aam Aadmi Party could win only 22 seats in the assembly polls held earlier this month. Congress could not open its account in the third successive election