CM Rekha Gupta Joins Karwa Chauth Celebration at Jan Seva Sadan
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Fifty-one women, one festival, and a Chief Minister who showed up in person — Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta attended a Karwa Chauth celebration organised by the Laadli Foundation at Jan Seva Sadan on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, spending time in conversation with each of the women present.
Gupta shared the moment on X, writing: 'Loved meeting and talking to 51 women at the Karwa Chauth celebration organised by Laadli Foundation at Jan Seva Sadan. May they and their families always be happy and blessed!'
Karwa Chauth and the Laadli Foundation gathering
Karwa Chauth is one of the most widely observed fasts in North India, kept by married Hindu women as a prayer for their husbands' long life and well-being. The Laadli Foundation, which works on issues related to women and the girl child, chose Jan Seva Sadan — the official residence of Delhi's Chief Minister — as the venue, bringing together 51 women for the occasion.
Gupta's personal engagement with attendees — talking to each of them, by her own account — gave the event a tone of direct community connect rather than a ceremonial drop-in.
Delhi's tradition of festival outreach
Participation in cultural and religious gatherings has long been a feature of Delhi's political calendar across parties. For a Chief Minister, hosting such an event at her official residence adds a layer of personal warmth to what is otherwise routine public outreach — the Chief Minister's home becomes, for an evening, a shared space for the city's women.
For the 51 women who attended, the Chief Minister's blessing — 'May they and their families always be happy and blessed' — closes a festival day with a moment that will travel beyond Jan Seva Sadan.