The doors of the CM's office are now open for everyone

Soon after taking oath at a grand function at the Ramlila Maidan as the ninth chief minister of Delhi and the fourth woman to hold the top job, Rekha Gupta spoke to HT at her office in the Delhi Secretariat about the priorities of her government, the key promises made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run-up to the elections, and working with the city-state's lieutenant governor (LG).

- Alok KN Mishra

Edited excerpts of an interview:

You have just taken oath as the new chief minister of Delhi. What is your vision?

Today, I have taken charge as the chief minister. We will do sustained work to complete our vision of seeing a "Viksit Delhi". Not a single day will be wasted. You may not have stepped inside this room (the chief minister's office at Delhi secretariat) before this, but now the doors of the CM's office are open for everyone.

During the recently concluded assembly elections, the BJP promised it would pay a monthly allowance of ₹2,500 to all women of Delhi after it comes to power. How do you plan to implement this?