kabibe game Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Allocates Portfolios, Cabinet Approves Ayushman Bharat Scheme

Newly sworn-in Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with BJP National Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda, state party President Virendra Sachdeva, Minister Parvesh Verma and others during Yamuna 'Aarti', at Vasudev Ghat in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 Photo: PTI Newly sworn-in Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with BJP National Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda, state party President Virendra Sachdeva, Minister Parvesh Verma and others during Yamuna 'Aarti', at Vasudev Ghat in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 Photo: PTI

Following the grand swearing-in ceremonykabibe game, Delhi’s newly-appointed Chief Minister Rekha Gupta held the first Cabinet meeting of the new BJP government Thursday evening.

After the meeting, Gupta held her first press conference as the chief minister and announced the allocation of portfolios to the newly appointed cabinet ministers, marking her first major move after taking office. 

Before holding the key meeting, the CM also performed the aarti of the river Yamuna reiterating the BJP’s resolution to clean the river in a time-bound manner.

The Delhi government, led by Hon'ble Chief Minister Smt. @gupta_rekha, has allocated portfolios to its cabinet ministers. pic.twitter.com/rWFQM5Uekr

— BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) February 20, 2025

CM Gupta retained several key portfolios, including Finance, Services, Vigilance, Revenue, and Women and Child Development. 

Parvesh Verma was entrusted with the Public Works Department (PWD), Water, Legislative Affairs, Irrigation, and Flood Control. Meanwhile, Ashish Sood received the portfolios of Home, Power, Urban Development, and Education.

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Minister Kapil Mishra, known for his previous work in various capacities, has been given the responsibility of Law and Justice, Labour and Employment, as well as Tourism. Whereas, Manjinder Singh Sirsa,sayaph will handle Industries, Forest and Environment, and Food and Supply.

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Pankaj Singh has been assigned the crucial portfolios of Health, Transport, and Information Technology, while Ravinder Indraj will oversee Social Welfare, SC & ST Welfare, Cooperatives, and Elections.

“The biggest difference between the BJP government and the previous Aam Aadmi Party government is that this is a government dedicated to the aspirations of the people, whose Chief Minister and all ministers will work by dividing the work among themselves. In the previous Arvind Kejriwal government, the Chief Minister was without a department, most of the ministers looked after minor departments and one or two ministers looked after all the important departments due to which there was administrative inactivity and corruption was rampant,” BJP Delhi President Virendra Sachdeva wrote on the party’s X account in Hindi.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the allocation of portfolios, a notification issued by the general administrative department said.

Delhi Cabinet approves Ayushman Bharat scheme

The newly-formed Delhi Cabinet approved the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme within the national capital. Under this scheme, a total of Rs 10 lakh health cover will be provided to each beneficiary, with the Centre and Delhi government contributing Rs 5 lakh each.

Addressing her first press conference as Delhi Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta said “The previous government had stalled the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi implemented it across the country, and now we have approved it for Delhi,” she said. “The formalities will be completed soon, and the scheme's implementation will begin at the earliest.”

The Cabinet headed by Gupta passed two agenda items at its first meeting, PTI reported.

The Mahila Samriddhi Yojna promising monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 to eligible women in Delhi was also discussed at the meeting.

Gupta said further discussions are required as payments to the beneficiary women can not be made without putting in place a system for registration of applications. “We deliberated on how and where to channel these funds, but further discussion is needed. This will be finalised later on,” she said.

The Cabinet also decided to present 14 pending reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the upcoming session of the Delhi Assembly, marking a move toward greater transparency and accountability.

◆दिल्ली में लागू होगी आयुष्मान योजना, दिल्ली कैबिनेट ने पहली मीटिंग में लिया फैसला◆ पहले ही सत्र में पेश की जाएगी CAG रिपोर्ट pic.twitter.com/zAcArAGeYV

— BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) February 20, 2025

“The BJP government formed in Delhi today, by holding its first cabinet meeting, has not only given the people of Delhi a gift like Ayushman Bharat Yojana, but also passed a resolution to table all the pending CAG reports in the assembly and has shown its resolve of zero tolerance towards corruption,” Sachdeva wrote on BJP's X account.

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Meanwhile, Gupta's predecessor and AAP leader Atishi attacked the new BJP governmentkabibe game, charging that the ruling party did not fulfil its promise of passing the scheme at its first Cabinet meeting. In response, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said Atishi should not worry about the scheme as it will be implemented as per the announced plan.