On the first day of the Delhi assembly, the newly elected MLAs, including Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, were administered the oath of office.
After the newly-elected BJP government, the first session of the eighth legislative Assembly of Delhi is set to commence on Monday when the members will take oath followed by the election of the Speaker of the House.
Pro-tem Speaker is a temporary Speaker who conducts House proceedings for a limited period and till the election of a full-time Speaker.
The upcoming Delhi assembly election promises an intense battle as the BJP announced its first list of 29 candidates including former MPs and ministers such as Parvesh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri, Raaj Kumar Anand, and Arvinder Singh Lovely.
All the former Congress leaders expressed confidence in the BJP's ideology and the developmental politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
After his resignation, AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj had asked if the BJP is changing its East Delhi candidate, apparently suggesting the seat may go to Lovely.
People are tired of the misrule of the Modi Government, said the Delhi Congress president.
The Delhi Congress chief paid floral tributes at the portrait of Dr Ambedkar at the party office here.
It may be mentioned that as per the seat-sharing arrangements between the AAP and Congress, the former will contest in four seats and latter on three seats in Delhi.
He made the statement while addressing the Delhi Congress’ Social Media volunteers at the party office here.
