India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has named a woman as the top government official in the state of New Delhi, which includes the country’s capital

Shalimar Bagh BJP MLA Rekha Gupta, who clinched victory in Shalimar Bagh by a margin of 29,595 votes, is the next Delhi Chief Minister.

Dubai: The BJP has named Rekha Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, to lead the government. The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s legislature party on Wednesday evening. Gupta succeeds Aam Aadmi Party’s Atishi after the BJP ended the 10-year-rule of Arvind Kejriwal’s party in the recently concluded assembly election.