Rekha Gupta vs Atishi Marlena: For the first time in the political history of Delhi, a coincidence happened, when both the leader of the house and the leader of the opposition were held by women simultaneously in the assembly. CM Rekha Gupta will lead the ruling party while Aam Aadmi Party’s legislative party leader Atishi will be in the opposition.
In the 8th assembly of Delhi, two women will lead their respective parties. While CM Rekha Gupta will lead the ruling party. Aam Aadmi Party’s legislative party leader Atishi will be in the opposition. Rekha Gupta has been active in the BJP for almost three decades and understands Delhi politics very well. She has travelled from student politics at Delhi University to councillor in MCD. And CM of Delhi, due to which Rekha Gupta understands ground politics very well.
Aatishi, who has been elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. Has been elected MLA from the Kalkaji seat for the second time, but Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal handed over his political legacy to her in September 2024. Atishi has been successful in making her political identity while being the CM, but her role changed in 5 months. Aam Aadmi Party has now made a strategy to surround the Rekha government by making her the Leader of the Opposition.
Both the ruling and opposition parties in the Delhi Assembly have given the message of women’s empowerment. But the issue in the Assembly will also be related to women. On which there will be a game of checkmate between the two. Arvind Kejriwal has played a political masterstroke by making a woman the leader of the opposition against the woman CM. In this way, the contest inside the Assembly is going to be fierce.
CM Rekha Gupta is new to the Delhi Assembly, but she has a lot of experience in legislative work. While being a councillor in the MCD, Rekha Gupta’s political aggressiveness is in no way less than Atishi’s. But Atishi has also come into politics from the movement When Arvind Kejriwal was in jail while the Aam Aadmi Party was in power.