On February 20, 2025, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the allocation of portfolios among her cabinet ministers following their swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan. Gupta, a first-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Shalimar Bagh, retained several key departments, while her colleagues assumed responsibility for various sectors.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s Portfolio:
- Finance
- Planning
- General Administration Department (GAD)
- Women and Child Development (WCD)
- Services
- Revenue
- Land and Building
- Information and Public Relations (I&PR)
- Vigilance
- Administrative Reforms (AR)
- Any other department not allocated to other ministers
Cabinet Ministers and Their Portfolios:
- Parvesh Verma: Public Works Department (PWD), Legislative Affairs, Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC), Water, Gurudwara Elections
- Ashish Sood: Home, Power, Urban Development, Education, Higher Education, Training and Technical Education
- Manjinder Singh Sirsa: Food and Supplies, Forest and Environment, Industries
- Ravinder Singh: Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare, Cooperative, Elections
- Kapil Mishra: Law and Justice, Labour, Employment, Development, Art and Culture, Language, Tourism
- Pankaj Kumar Singh: Health and Family Welfare, Transport, Information Technology
The cabinet’s first meeting was held shortly after the swearing-in ceremony, where these allocations were confirmed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Union Ministers Amit Shah, J.P. Nadda, and Rajnath Singh, attended the ceremony, underscoring the significance of the event.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, a seasoned political figure, has previously served as the President and General Secretary of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) and as the General Secretary of the BJP Mahila Morcha in Delhi. She began her political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Daulat Ram College, Delhi University, in 1992.
This cabinet reshuffle marks a significant development in Delhi’s political landscape, with the new ministers poised to address the city’s pressing issues across various sectors.
