NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party on Wednesday appointed a woman as the highest government official in New Delhi, including the country’s capital, as prime minister Narendra Modi Then move to merge his party holds Winning local elections.
Former party student leader Rekha Gupta, 50, has been appointed Ravi Shankar Prasad, leader of New Delhi Prime Minister Bharatiya Janata Party.
The party won the most seats in the high stakes New Delhi will vote earlier this month It’s my first time in 27 years. There were 48 seats in the 70-member local council, and Bharatiya Janata Party was expelled aam aadmi partywon 22 seats.
Gupta thanked the party and said she worked hard to address future challenges. She faces important tasks in addressing air pollution and river pollution in the Indian capital and poor infrastructure. Before the election, her party had offered to revamp public schools and offer free medical services, free electricity and monthly scholarships of over 2,500 rupees ($29) to poor women in Delhi .
Gupta is Delhi’s fourth female prime minister, but it is still rare for Indian political parties to place women in the top position. The other woman who is now the prime minister of the state is Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal, of the Trinamoll Congress Party of All India.
The law, which would allow Indian parliament to have 33% female membership, is expected to be implemented by 2029. The women currently hold about 14% of their seats.
Gupta, former BJP general secretary, started in 1992 as a student leader at Delhi University. She is known for her women and children’s welfare initiatives and for her support for poor female students.
The BJP has not run Delhi for more than a quarter century. He gained power over the Congressional Party, which controlled Delhi from 1998 to 2013, until AAP exploded on the ground with its anti-corruption platform.
The party’s victory was a boost for the BJP afterwards. Last year’s national elections, it failed to secure a majority on its own. However, they formed a government with a partner in the coalition. He won three state elections in northern Haryana, Delhi and western Maharashtra, earning his lost position.
Before the election earlier this month, the BJP Reduced income tax for middle class wagesone of its important voting blocks in the federal budget.
AAP suffered a big set break at that time. Founder and Leader Arvind Kejriwal He was arrested last year along with two other officials on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor dealer. They denied the charges, claiming it was part of a political conspiracy.
Kejwal and the other two were later released on bail by the Supreme Court, and Kejwal later resigned as Prime Minister of Delhi.
