The Delhi Assembly elections have just ended. After the BJP’s landslide victory, now the million-dollar question is, who will sit on the chair of the Chief Minister of the capital? Several names are coming up in this speculation from the BJP’s MLA camp in Delhi. However, several media reports claim that the BJP can surprise the Chief Minister’s post in Delhi with a political surprise. Several factors are coming up in this regard.
Parvesh Verma’s name is repeatedly being mentioned in the race for the Chief Minister’s post in Delhi. AAP founder and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was defeated by this trump card of the BJP in the Delhi elections. Parvesh Verma’s father was also a former Chief Minister. As a result, Parvesh Verma’s name is coming up in this discussion for various reasons.
Apart from this, the report claims that the name of Delhi BJP chief and newly elected MLA Satish Upadhyay is in the discussion. Apart from this, the names of several people including Pawan Sharma and Ashish Sood are coming up in the speculation. Apart from keeping the caste-based calculations in mind, the report claims that the party is also keeping an eye on the MLAs from the Scheduled Tribes. In this case, the names of Kailash Gangwal, Ravikant Ujjain, Kailash Singh are also being mentioned. Also, many reports claim that after the AAP’s blunder in Delhi, the BJP may once again make a woman its Chief Minister. In that case, is the BJP planning any ‘surprise’? There is speculation. Let’s see whose name is in the running among the women MLAs.
Shikha Roy: BJP’s Shikha Roy defeated senior AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj in the polls. BJP’s candidate from Greater Kailash Vidhan Sabha constituency Shikha Roy, a lawyer by profession. BJP had practically fielded her as a ‘surprise candidate’. Two-time councilor Shikha is an alumnus of Punjab University.
Rekha Gupta: BJP’s Rekha Gupta won from Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh seat. She defeated AAP’s Vandana Kumari by over 29,000 votes. She is the former president of Delhi University Students’ Union.
Banshuri Swaraj: Sushma Swaraj’s daughter and lawyer Banshuri Swaraj is also in the fray. Union Minister Banshuri won from the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat.
Smriti Irani: Former Union Minister Smriti Irani suffered a big setback from Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections. Reports say that her name is also in the news.
Poonam Sharma: Poonam Sharma won from Delhi’s Wazirpur assembly constituency. She defeated AAP’s Rajesh Gupta by 11,425 votes.
Neelam Pehlwan: This BJP candidate snatched victory from Delhi’s Najafgarh constituency. She defeated AAP’s Tarun Kumar by over 29,000 votes.
So far, Delhi has had three women Chief Ministers. BJP’s Sushma Swaraj, Congress’s Sheila Dikshit and AAP’s Atishi. This time, if the BJP chooses a woman Chief Minister after winning the 2025 Delhi elections, she will be the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi.
