The new Delhi government met for its first cabinet meeting on Thursday after the oath-taking ceremony of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The ministries have been divided up between the Chief Minister and her six cabinet colleagues.
CM Gupta will be handling at least 10 portfolios, including finance.
The key portfolio of water has gone to Parvesh Verma, the son of former Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma.
He will also head the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, which is tasked with the cleanup of the Yamuna River.
Meanwhile, Kapil Mishra kept the law department.
While earlier there were expectations that Gupta would be handling the Home Affairs Ministry, that department has now been put under the charge of Ashish Sood.
He will be handling seven departments.
The Chief Minister’s other responsibilities include Revenue, General Administration, Information and Public Relations, Vigilance, Land and Building, and Women and Child Development portfolios.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s first-time MLA Rekha Gupta took oath as the new and fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi, almost two weeks after her party swept the assembly elections and returned to power in the national capital after 27 years.
Gupta and five other ministers, including ‘giant killer’ Parvesh Verma, were administered the oath by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena in front of a sea of supporters at the Ramlila Maidan in the city.
Verma defeated AAP supremo and ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal in the New Delhi constituency by a few thousand votes in a major setback to the ousted party which was born out of an anti-corruption movement.
Gupta won from Shalimar Bagh defeating three-time Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Bandana Kumari in the February 5 elections.
