India's ruling party takes control of capital as Chief Minister

A member of India's ruling Hindu-nationalist party was sworn in Thursday as Chief Minister of Delhi after an election landslide handed it control of the capital for the first time in decades. Rekha Gupta of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the fourth woman to serve as chief minister of the megacity of more than 30 million people.

The BJP is in government nationally but has not controlled the local legislature in Delhi since 1998, so its sweeping victory taking more than two-thirds of seats in the February 5 polls was both symbolic and strategically important Gupta, who has a law degree and began her career in student politics in the city, was selected for the post by party members late Wednesday.