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Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: The name of the Chief Minister for Delhi is likely to dominate discussions at the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting, which is underway. Shortly, the names of the observers for the legislative party will also be announced.
Delhi CM Announcement Live Updates: BJP headquarters in Delhi is decked up as the party prepares for swearing-in ceremony on February 20.
Delhi CM Name Announcement Live Updates: The Bharatiya Janata Party may elect the next chief minister of Delhi, where it came to power after a gap of 27 years, today, February 19. Virendra Sachdeva, BJP’s Delhi unit chief, is said to have visited the iconic Ramlila Maidan on Tuesday to monitor the preparations. The legislative party leader is expected to take oath as the CM tomorrow, February 20, at 12:35 PM.
The BJP formed the government in Delhi after defeating the Aam Aadmi Party in the recently held Delhi assembly election 2025, the results of which were announced on February 8. The suspense over the chief minister of Delhi, however, as the party has yet to make an announcement.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: CM Probables Discussed At BJP Parliamentary Meeting
According to sources, PM Modi, Amit Shah and other parliamentary members have discussed names of CM probables from the ‘Punjabi’ and ‘Baniya’ communities. This is because the Punjabi community is in large numbers in Delhi, while it may also give BJP an advantage in Punjab where elections are due in 2027.
Meanwhile, Rekha Gupta comes from the ‘Baniya’ community that has a huge vote share in Delhi.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Delhiites Urged To Use Public Transport Tomorrow
The traffic police has urged commuters to use public transport on February 20, the swearing-in ceremony day, to reduce congestion on roads and to park vehicles only in designated parking spots.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: PM Modi Will Arrive At Ramlila Maidan At 12:29 PM Tomorrow
At 12:29 pm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive at Ramlila Maidan for swearing-in ceremony of Delhi chief minister. The police band will then play national anthem at 12:30pm. At 12:35 pm, Lieutenant Governor VK Sahai will administer the Oath of Office and Oath of Secrecy to the CM, and papers will be signed. By 1 pm, the dignitaries will leave the venue.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: 'Jhuggi Pradhans' To Welcome PM Modi At Ramlila Maidan?
During the swearing-in ceremony of the new CM of Delhi, PM Narendra Modi will meet the heads of slums of the capital. According to News18 Hindi sources, these ‘pradhans’ will welcome PM Modi at Ramlila Maidan. Heads of about 250 slum areas of Delhi have been called during the swearing-in ceremony, sources added.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Tomorrow's Programme Details
According to the programme details, the guests will arrive for the swearing-in ceremony and take their seats between 11am and 12pm. By 12:10pm, the chief minister designate and ministers designate will be received by chief secretary and additional chief secretary.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: How Much Pension Will Arvind Kejriwal Get?
Amid questions on what lies ahead politically for outgoing chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP, we take a look at how much pension and other benefits former CM will receive.
When Kejriwal was the Delhi CM, he received a monthly salary of Rs 60,000 and a total of Rs 1.25 lakh, including other allowances. However, since he is out of power, he is not entitled to any salary. He can request government accommodation since he has served as a chief minister. He is also entitled to receive a pension as a former MLA. READ MORE HERE
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Arvind Kejriwal Had Lunch At Auto Driver's House
Arvind Kejriwal and his wife Sunita were also seen having lunch at the home of an auto driver in December. The AAP had also announced Rs 1 lakh for weddings of auto-wallahs’ daughters’ and support for children’s education.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Is BJP Wooing Kejriwal's 'Vote Bank' Of Auto Drivers?
Auto-wallahs were among the section of society that Arvind Kejriwal tried to woo before Delhi elections 2025. The Aam Aadmi Party national convenor had announced a life insurance scheme worth Rs 10 lakh for auto drivers in the national capital, as part of a series of guarantees ahead of the polls.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Cab, Auto Drivers Invited For Swearing-In Ceremony
Apart from inviting former chief ministers of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi for its oath-taking ceremony, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has extended invitation to cab drivers and autorickshaw drivers.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Traffic Restrictions Tomorrow
On February 20, traffic restrictions will be enforced from 7 AM to 4 PM on key roads to manage the huge traffic rush during the oath-taking ceremony. The list of routes to avoid include:
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg (from ITO to Delhi Gate) Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (from Delhi Gate to Guru Nanak Chowk) Aruna Asaf Ali Road Minto Road (from roundabout Kamla Market to Hamdard Chowk) Ranjeet Singh Flyover to Turkman Gate Ajmeri Gate to roundabout Kamla Market
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Traffic Diversions On February 20
Delhi police said that due to the swearing-in ceremony of Delhi CM tomorrow at Ramlila Maidan, special traffic arrangements have been made. In the traffic advisory, the Delhi Police said several VVIPs/VIPs will attend the oath-taking ceremony and a large gathering is also expected. Hence, to manage the traffic during this event, certain diversions and restrictions will be in place, police said.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Security Check At Ramlila Maidan
Delhi Commissioner of Police, Sanjay Arora, arrived at the Ramlila Maidan to inspect the administration preparedness for oath taking ceremony tomorrow. Bomb disposal squad along with sniffer dogs reached the venue for security inspections.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: At What Time Will Swearing-In Ceremony Be Held?
The swearing-in ceremony of the new CM of Delhi will take place tomorrow i.e. Thursday at 12:05 pm. According to News18 Hindi, the program will start at 11:15 am and will end at 12:25 pm. The CM, however, will take oath at 12:05 pm as the time is said to be an auspicious one.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Will Abhay Verma Be Next Delhi CM?
Name of newly-elected MLA from Laxmi Nagar, Abhay Verma, is also doing rounds for the post of Delhi chief minister. He, however, has rubbished the rumours. Verma said that the CM is chosen under a constitutional process. He expressed confidence that positive changes will come in Delhi on the basis of the party’s policies and developmental work.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Will Ashish Sood Be Next Delhi CM?
Another name in the race for Delhi chief minister is Ashish Sood. He is a Punjabi face in Delhi BJP. Ashish Sood, who has played the role of General Secretary in Delhi BJP, is also the party’s in-charge of Goa and co-incharge of Jammu and Kashmir.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Rekha Gupta Next Delhi CM?
Rekha Gupta’s name is doing rounds for the post of Delhi chief minister. She has won from Shalimar Bagh assembly seat. Apart from being the vice-president of Delhi Mahila Morcha, she has also been the former general secretary of the state BJP.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: When Leader Of House Advised L-G On Legislative Matters
The Leader of the House, who was also the Chief Executive Councillor, advised the L-G along with his three-member Executive Council on all legislative matters related to the UT, The Hindu report mentioned.
The Leader of Opposition was also nominated as the Chairman of the Committee on Assurances.
Between 1967 and 1990, the Congress remained the ruling party of the Council barring 1977-80, when the Janata Party-led government came to power in the Centre.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Powers Of L-G In Delhi
The L-G had the power to summon and prorogue the Metropolitan Council within a time interval of six months.
The 61-member Metropolitan Council had 56 elected members and five nominated members. The Council was headed by the Chairman who presided over the Council and had the final say (like a Speaker) on its proceedings.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: When L-G Became Powerful In Delhi
In 1956, when India was reorganised into states and Union Territories (UT), Delhi was made the UT by an administrator appointed by the President. Its legislative control was taken away by abolishing the Assembly and Council.
But the demand of a democratic set-up in Delhi kept growing and in 1966, the Delhi Administration Act was passed, setting up an Interim Delhi Metropolitan Council with an Executive Council, which was headed by the Lieutenant Governor (L-G).
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: When Delhi Became UT & Its 1st CM
A compromise was struck and in 1951, and Delhi was made a part ‘C’ State (Former Chief Commissioner’s provinces). As per its classification, Delhi was given a 48-member Legislative Assembly, a Legislative Council and a Chief Minister.
In 1952, Congress chose 34-year-old Brahm Prakash as its first Chief Minister and he remained in the post till 1956.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Team Jawaharlal Nehru Wanted Exclusive Powers Over Delhi
The government would comprise a three-member Council of Ministers, a 50-member legislative Assembly and a Lieutenant Governor, making the nation’s capital a quasi-state of its own, former Lok Sabha secretary SK Sharma wrote in Frontline.
But this recommendation was rejected by most members of the Constituent Assembly. Former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and most Congress veterans like Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Dr Rajendra Prasad believed that Centre must have exclusive powers over Delhi, a report in The Hindu mentioned.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Division Of Delhi Powers
In 1947, the Constituent Assembly held a discussion regarding the constitutional status of Centrally Administered Provinces such as Delhi, Ajmer, Coorg etc. After a seven-member committee led by Pattabhi Sitaramayya did a roughly three-month study, a report was submitted, which recommended a separate self-government in Delhi.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: What Are The Powers Of Delhi CM?
A blame game over the law and order situation has become a norm for the Delhi government over the past 10 years since the Congress was replaced by the AAP in Delhi and the BJP took powers from the hands of the Congress at the Centre. Air and water pollution, law and order and revenues have been some of the issues over which the BJP and AAP have been bickering on for the past few years.
Here’s a look at the evolving powers of the Delhi chief minister. READ MORE.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: To-Be CM Has No Inkling About His/Her Importance
To put it simply, even the would-be chief minister has no inkling right now that he or she is going to be the CM of Delhi. The BJP makes all its oath-taking ceremonies grand. But it plans to make Delhi’s oath-taking ceremony stand out from the rest. After all, the wait of 28 years calls for massive jubilation, feels the party.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: BJP Has Knack For Doing Things Differently
The BJP has a knack for doing things differently. Tribal-dominated Jharkhand created ripples when it made Raghubar Das the first non-tribal chief minister. In Jat-dominated Haryana, BJP made Manohar Lal Khattar—a Punjabi—as its CM and later picked Nayab Singh Saini, an OBC. The BJP, after sweeping Odisha last year, made Mohan Charan Majhi—from the Santhal tribe—the state’s chief minister. According to the 2011 Census of India, just 8.81% of the Scheduled Tribes in Odisha were Santhal.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: Can BJP Do A Haryana Again To Make Virendra Sachdeva Next Delhi CM?
In a similar fashion, if the leadership deems fit, it can bring someone from outside Delhi who hasn’t contested for the top job, and in that case, Virendra Sachdeva — a non-controversial team man—may fit the bill for the BJP.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: How BJP Picked Haryana CM
A month before the Lok Sabha elections and six months before assembly polls in Haryana, to undo the anti-incumbency against the BJP government, the party replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with his protege and then Kurukshetra MP Nayab Singh Saini. In spite of being an MP, he was unanimously accepted as the CM in the legislature group.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live: BJP Went Away From Traditional Practice While Picking Haryana CM
While it has been the BJP’s practice to choose the CM from its pool of MLAs, there have been precedents where the party has brought leaders from outside the elected representatives and made them the chief minister, like in Haryana last year.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: When Bhajan Lal Sharma Did Not Know BJP Will Make Him Rajasthan CM
So, while usual names do the rounds as they do after every election win, one should not be surprised if the next Delhi chief minister is a first-time MLA like the BJP picked Bhajan Lal Sharma for Rajasthan in 2023. A video went viral in which Rajnath Singh handed over a chit to Vasundhara Raje containing Sharma’s name, suggesting that Raje had to propose Sharma’s name.
While high-profile names were doing the rounds, she opened a slip of paper that he handed to her, containing Sharma’s name, which changed Raje’s facial expression. Overnight, a first-time MLA became the state’s chief minister.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Next Delhi CM May Not Even Know He's The CM
The next Delhi chief minister may not even know that he’s the CM — that’s how surprises have followed in ‘Modi-Shah’s BJP’. Gujarat’s Bhupendra Patel was holding a local meeting in his constituency when he received a call to immediately come to Gujarat BJP headquarters. On reaching there—where a very senior BJP leader from the state was also present—the MLA, Bhupendra Patel, was told he was going to be Gujarat’s next chief minister, to his utter disbelief.
The Delhi election is no different. There are the obvious frontrunners. But the only thing predictable about this BJP of Modi-Shah is its unpredictability.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Importance Of Slum Dwellers In Delhi Elections
Another reason to invite slum dwellers is the vote margin between BJP and AAP. According to News18 Hindi, the Aam Aadmi Party has got more than 43 per cent votes in Delhi in this Assembly elections. BJP got more than 45 per cent votes. Arvind Kejriwal has not suffered much loss in terms of vote bank. BJP knows this very well. Thus, the BJP is aiming to make a dent in the politics of Aam Aadmi Party by inviting the heads of all the slums in the swearing-in ceremony of Delhi CM.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Importance Of Slum Dwellers In Delhi Elections
Another reason to invite slum dwellers is the vote margin between BJP and AAP. According to News18 Hindi, the Aam Aadmi Party has got more than 43 per cent votes in Delhi in this Assembly elections. BJP got more than 45 per cent votes. Arvind Kejriwal has not suffered much loss in terms of vote bank. BJP knows this very well. Thus, the BJP is aiming to make a dent in the politics of Aam Aadmi Party by inviting the heads of all the slums in the swearing-in ceremony of Delhi CM.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Why Heads Of Slums Are Being Invited For Swearing-In Ceremony?
‘Jhuggi pradhans’ are likely to be invited for the swearing-in ceremony of the Delhi CM. BJP MP Yogendra Chandolia said that the heads of slums will come in large numbers to the event at Ramlila Maidan. “People from every section of Delhi have been invited, because BJP is coming to power in Delhi with the support of all,” he said. The slum dwellers have played a key role in polls. Arvind Kejriwal had been successful in keeping BJP away from power so far by getting votes from these slum dwellers. This vote bank of his remained intact in this election as well.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Can A Woman Be Delhi CM?
According to News18 Hindi, the name of a woman chief minister for Delhi also cropped up. This is because BJP does not have a woman CM in any state.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Can Ex-Congress Leader Arvinder Singh Lovely Be Next Delhi CM?
Can BJP spring a surprise and choose former Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely as next Delhi CM? According to a News18 Hindi report, the voice for a Sikh face as chief minister has gained momentum. The main reason for this is a strategy to reduce the dominance of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. Arvind Kejriwal’s party is already in power in Punjab. It is said that after Delhi, the BJP wants to finish AAP in Punjab too. This is the reason why names of Arvinder Singh Lovely and Rajouri Garden MLA Majinder Singh Sirsa are doing the rounds.
Delhi New CM Name Announcement In Evening Today?
According to News18 Hindi, the meeting of the BJP Legislature Party is scheduled to be held on 19 February at 6.30 pm, in which the next Delhi CM name will be revealed. Earlier this meeting was to be held during the day, but later it was postponed to 6.30 pm.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Can Manoj Tiwari Be Next Delhi CM?
Former Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday reached BJP MP Manoj Tiwari’s house with a bouquet. While the meeting has been described as “private”, speculations are rife if BJP was likely to pick him as Delhi CM. When Manoj Tiwari’s wife posted the pictures on social media, some people began congratulating him.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: BJP's Delhi CM Names List
Other notable leaders who are on BJP’s CM list are: Pawan Sharma, Ashish Sood, Rekha Gupta, Shikha Rai, Ravinder Indraj Singh and Kailash Gangwal.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Harish Khurana To Be Next Delhi CM?
Harish Khurana’s name is also on the probable CM list of Delhi. He is the son of former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana, who made his electoral debut in the 2025 Delhi election. He contested from the Moti Nagar constituency.
Delhi New CM Announcement Live Updates: Virendra Sachdeva To Be Next Delhi CM?
The name of Virendra Sachdeva is also doing rounds for the post of Delhi CM. He assumed the presidency of the Delhi BJP on March 23, 2023. Under his leadership, the party strategised for the 2025 Delhi assembly election, resulting in a majority win and ending the AAP’s dominance in the capital.
