New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Parvesh Verma, Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Kapil Mishra took oath as Delhi cabinet ministers along with Delhi chief minister-elect Rekha Gupta at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Thursday.
Ashish Sood, Pankaj Singh MLA Delhi and Ravinder Indraj Singh were sworn in as Delhi cabinet ministers in the new BJP government.
Ravinder Indraj Singh
Ravinder Indraj Singh, a Dalit leader in BJP’s SC Morcha, won from Bawana by defeating AAP’s Jai Bhagwan Upkar by more than 31,000 votes. He has been actively working for the Dalit community in Delhi.
Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma
A prominent Jat face in Delhi politics, Parvesh Verma emerged as a “giant killer” after he defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency by 4,089 votes.
Kapil Mishra
BJP’s Kapil Mishra won the Delhi assembly election from Karawal Nagar, defeating AAP’s Manoj Kumar Tyagi by 23,355 votes. He had won this seat in 2015 on an AAP ticket. He was inducted into the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government as water resources minister. However, Mishra was removed from the cabinet after he accused then colleague Satyendar Jain of corruption.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa
Manjinder Singh Sirsa defeated Aam Aadmi party’s candidate Dhanwati Chandela by a vote margin of over 18,000 votes to mark his comeback to the seat. He also represented the constituency in the 2017 Delhi by-elections. However, in the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls, Sirsa lost to AAP’s Dhanwati Chandela from the seat.
Ashish Sood
Ashish Sood was among the frontrunners for the post of Delhi CM. A prominent leader in Delhi’s politics, he defeated AAP’s Parveen Kumar in Janakpuri by 18,766 votes. He is also the party’s co-incharge in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pankaj Kumar Singh
The son of former Municipal Corporation Delhi (MCD) Raja Mohan Singh, Pankaj Kumar Singh has served as a ward councillor.
AAP MP Swati Maliwal was among the high-profile political figures at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan Thursday at Delhi’s CM Oath Ceremony.
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