Delhi CM Rekha Gupta to handle 10 portfolios, while key departments like Water and Law go to Parvesh Verma and Kapil Mishra.
February 21, 2025: The newly sworn-in Delhi government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has announced its cabinet portfolio allocations following a high-level meeting. Gupta and her six cabinet colleagues will oversee critical departments, with the Finance Ministry staying under her leadership and Water and Irrigation going to Parvesh Verma.
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🔹 Key Portfolio Allocations:
📌 Rekha Gupta (Chief Minister)
✅ Finance (Most significant portfolio)
✅ Revenue
✅ General Administration
✅ Information & Public Relations
✅ Vigilance
✅ Land & Building
✅ Women & Child Development
✅ Any additional portfolios not yet assigned
📌 Parvesh Verma (Son of former CM Saheb Singh Verma)
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✅ Water (Critical due to Delhi’s ongoing water crisis)
✅ Irrigation & Flood Control (Oversees Yamuna clean-up efforts)
📌 Ashish Sood (Handles key AAP-era departments)
✅ Home (Initially expected for CM Gupta)
✅ Education (AAP’s flagship department, now under BJP leadership)
✅ Power (Oversight of AAP’s power subsidies & policy changes)
✅ *Total: 7 portfolios
📌 Manjinder Singh Sirsa (BJP’s Sikh face in Delhi)
✅ Food & Supplies
✅ Forest & Environment
✅ Industries (Expected to work on reducing Yamuna pollution)
📌 Kapil Mishra (Former AAP leader, now in BJP cabinet)
✅ Law & Justice
✅ Labour
✅ Art & Culture
✅ Language & Tourism
📌 Ravinder Singh
✅ Social Welfare
✅ SC & ST Welfare
✅ Cooperative
✅ Elections
🔍 Key Takeaways:
- CM Rekha Gupta will manage 10 portfolios, including Finance, making her the busiest minister in the cabinet.
- Parvesh Verma gets the Water and Irrigation department, crucial for Delhi’s water management and Yamuna clean-up.
- Education & Power, previously AAP’s strongest sectors, are now under Ashish Sood.
- Kapil Mishra, once an AAP minister, now leads Law & Labour, signaling a BJP shift in governance approach.
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