Overview

• Photos posted by the chief minister’s and CMO’s accounts showed Manish Gupta seated beside Rekha Gupta during a Shalimar Bagh development review at Jan Seva Sadan.
• AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj invoked a “Phulera Panchayat” analogy and alleged the husband attends meetings, inspections and issues directions to officials.
• BJP figures, including Harish Khurana and Amit Malviya, said he joined as a social worker leading a residents’ delegation and argued that no rules were broken.
• Reporting by The Indian Express observed Manish Gupta assisting at a public jansunwai, and records show he holds no official government or party position.
• The Chief Minister’s Office has not offered a detailed clarification, and no legal or administrative action has been reported as the political dispute continues.