Delhi oath-taking ceremony: Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra to be part of Delhi Cabinet, six MLAs to join as Ministers

BJP MLA Rekha Gupta being offered sweets from party MLA Parvesh Verma after being named as the new CM of Delhi by the party during the party legislative meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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The new Delhi government will have six cabinet ministers, including Parvesh Verma who defeated AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal in the recent Assembly polls, who will be administered the oath of office on Thursday (February 20, 2025) afternoon, officials said.

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A Union Home Ministry notification stated that the President, on the advice of Chief Minister designate Rekha Gupta, appointed BJP MLAs Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravinder Indraj, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Kumar Singh as ministers of the Delhi government.

The new Ministers will take oath along with CM-designate Ms. Gupta in a ceremony to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries at Ramlila Maidan later in the day.

Published – February 20, 2025 09:05 am IST