Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Inaugurates Delhi Games 2025 At Talkatora Stadium
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated the Delhi Games 2025 at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Delhi Minister for Urban Development, Education & Training, Ashish Sood, was also present at the inauguration ceremony.
The Chief Minister emphasized that athletes from Delhi should receive all necessary facilities, contrasting this with the shortcomings of previous governments.
She stated that the Delhi government, through the Delhi Sports Council, would ensure that athletes have access to the resources they need to train and compete in the capital, enabling them to bring honor to the city.
“Athletes from Delhi should get all the facilities they need. In previous governments, we saw that due to a lack of facilities in Delhi, athletes had to go to other states and register there. The Delhi government, through the Delhi Sports Council, will provide all necessary facilities so that they stay in Delhi and earn laurels for the national capital,” Rekha Gupta told reporters.
More than 22,000 athletes are expected to compete across 20 sports disciplines during the Delhi Games.
Earlier, on May 17, CM Rekha Gupta also inaugurated a new water pipeline in Singalpur village, located in the Shalimar Bagh area of the national capital.
Addressing the public at that event, the Chief Minister said, “Until now, we have been paying off the liabilities of previous governments. Our government is committed to the welfare of the people. Work must be done in the public interest—no work should be left unfinished.”
She further emphasized her administration’s focus on transparency and integrity, stating, “It is the government’s responsibility to carry out every task with complete transparency and honesty, and we will fulfill it.”
Gupta also criticized the former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for neglecting the capital’s infrastructure, particularly its firefighting systems, which she described as being in a “dilapidated state.”
“The firefighting systems under the previous government were in a dilapidated state. Because of this, we were unable to provide timely solutions during several tragedies,” she said.
Later, the Chief Minister, along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramvir Bidhuri and Minister Ashish Sood, inspected the modern firefighting vehicles of the Delhi Fire Service at the Secretariat.
