Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday.
Taking to X, she wrote, “I had a courtesy meeting with President of India Droupadi Murmu ji at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. I am confident that our government will always get the guidance of the President in Delhi’s development journey.”
Confirming the meeting, the President’s Secretariat wrote in a post on X, “Chief Minister of Delhi Rekha Guptacalled on President Droupadi Murmu at Rahstrapati Bhavan.” The chief minister also called on Vice-President Jagdeep Dhnakhar at Vice-President’s enclave here. “I had a courtesy meeting with Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar at his residence in Delhi. I am confident that we will continue to receive your guidance and support in building a developed Delhi,” she wrote on X.
Gupta, a first-time BJP legislator, was on Thursday sworn in as the chief minister of Delhi as the head of a seven-member ministry, marking the return of the saffron party to power in the national capital after 27 years.
In the recently-concluded polls, she won from the Shalimar Bagh Assembly seat by defeating AAP’s Bandana Kumari. The last BJP government in Delhi was from 1993 to 1998.