New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Atishi and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs protested outside the chamber of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and demanded that the government fulfills it promist of transferring Rs 2,500 in the bank accounts of women in the national capital.
Later, Atishi, and other AAP MLAs met CM Gupta inside her chamber in the Assembly building.
“Today we went to meet CM Rekha Gupta ji during the session and we told her that the promise made in the first cabinet, the guarantee given by Modi ji, that promise has been broken, that guarantee has been proved false. We hope that on 8th March, the first installment of Rs 2500 of Mahila Samman Yojana will definitely come into the account of every woman of Delhi,” said Atishi after meeting the CM.
दिल्ली की महिलाओं को ₹2500 प्रतिमाह दिलाने के लिए LoP @AtishiAAP जी के नेतृत्व में CM कार्यालय के बाहर AAP का प्रदर्शन🔥
“हमने मुख्यमंत्री जी से मिलने के लिए दो दिन पहले समय मांगा था लेकिन उन्होंने हमें समय नहीं दिया। अब हम उनके ऑफिस में ही उनसे मिलने आए हैं।” pic.twitter.com/nOIsE8EdkK
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) February 24, 2025
First session of Delhi Assembly after elections
The first session of the newly constituted Delhi Assembly started on Monday, marking Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) return to power after 27 years.
Earlier, BJP MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely was administered the oath of pro-tem Speaker by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at the Raj Niwas. As the senior-most legislator, Lovely oversee the swearing-in of all newly elected MLAs.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was the first to take the oath, followed by her six Cabinet ministers. The remaining MLAs were sworn in thereafter.
The proceedings began with legislators singing Vande Mataram. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva was present in the Speaker’s gallery to witness the session.
The election for the new Speaker is set to take place later in the day, with BJP MLA Vijender Gupta likely to assume the position.
BJP returned to power after winning 48 of the 70 seats in the elections held on February 5, for which results were declared on February 8. Ruling AAP was limited to just 22 seats.
