Odisha CM Meets Delhi Counterpart Rekha Gupta After Her Oath-Taking Ceremony

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday met his Delhi counterpart Rekha Gupta after her swearing-in ceremony in the national capital.

Majhi was accompanied by Deputy Chief Ministers Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida. BJP’s national vice-president and Kendrapada MP Baijayant Panda was also present

“Extended my best wishes for her new role and discussed collaborative efforts for our nation’s development,” Majhi said in a post on X handle.

Notably, Rekha Gupta took oath as the Delhi Chief Minister at the grand swearing-in ceremony at the city’s Ramlila Maidan. The ceremony which marked the return of BJP to power after a gap of 27 years, saw the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with many Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states.

As the national Capital got its fourth woman Chief Minister, this also marked a show of strength for the NDA alliance as they all reached Delhi for participating in the ceremony.

Rekha Gupta is the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi after Sheila Dikshit, Sushma Swaraj and Atishi. She is also the fourth BJP chief minister in the capital, after Madan Lal Khurana, Sahib Singh Verma and Sushma Swaraj. Rekha Gupta’s Cabinet is likely to have six ministers. Along with Rekha Gupta, other BJP MLAs who took oath included Parvesh Singh Verma, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh.