Delhi CM’s DU professor from Daulat Ram College recalls, ‘Rekha Gupta bahut dhaakad thi’

Delhi's new Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is a Delhi University alumna, who is remembered by her professors as one strong-willed student! After witnessing her swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, her former professor at Daulat Ram College from the Commerce department, Indu Jain – who taught Gupta between 1992 and 1995 – recalls, “Rekha bahut dhaakad thi. Sabki help karti thi.

She was very strong-minded but at the same time she was really grounded and down to earth. As her teacher, I could [already) see the leadership qualities in her. She was destined for this.”The newly appointed CM ventured into politics by joining ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad) in 1992. Recalling the time, Jain shares, "Rekha's journey into politics started at Daulat Ram with her becoming the secretary of our college's students' union…