Vijender Gupta, Once Expelled from Delhi Assembly, Now Speaker:

BJP MLA Vijender Gupta was on Monday elected as a speaker od new Delhi Legislative Assembly through a voice vote. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Leader of Oppostion in Delhi Assembly Atishi also accompanied Vijender Gupta to the Chair. Gupta in an interview on online platform X said, “Today I took oath as member of Delhi Legislative Assembly for the third time” after his swearing in ceremoney concluded. Former Chief Minister Atishi congratulated Gupta for becoming the speaker. Atishi said, “I congratulate Vijender Gupta who served twice as the Leader of the Opposition. Today as you become the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly, I on behalf of all of us, congratulate you with all my heart.” She then added, “Vijender Gupta Ji has always raised the issues of the people in the Assembly and the he has done it with a lot of power. Once again, Congratulations to you for becoming the Speaker.” Gupta who was appointed for the position of speaker of the assembly before was elected over Aam Aadmi Party’s Pradeep Mittal from Rohini with a lead of almost 28000 votes. The new Speaker of the Delhi Assembly is from Baniya community and started his political journey as a student leader in Delhi University in the 1980’s.

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His political career began in 1997 after getting elected as a Councilor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi. With time, he held multiple senior positions.

In the parliament, Gupta's promotion as a speaker created a stir because over the last ten years of AAP rule, he has always been seen getting bundled into or out of the Delhi assembly.

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— Dalip Singh (@DalipSi47831092) February 24, 2025

One of these events was particularly shocking when assembly marshals were seen lifting Gupta out of the assembly room, mid-session while he attempted to fight back in 2015.

Previously, the newly elected members of the legislative assembly or MLAs were required to take an oath to mark the official opening of the first session of the newly elected Delhi assembly. The session wil continue until 27 February.