‘Can make rotis at home and run state as CM’

New Delhi: Turning the “roti” jibe back at her critics, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday lashed out saying that making rotis is not an insult to women — and added that she can run a govt while also efficiently managing household work.Responding to an opposition leader’s sexist remark that she should “go home and make rotis”, Gupta said at the Times Now Summit 2026: “Is making rotis a bad thing? Your mother must have made rotis all her life and fed you — that’s probably why you have such a long tongue today. Even as chief minister, I can make rotis — and I can also use the rolling pin on a few people.”Shifting to governance, Gupta said Delhi had made substantial progress on long-pending civic issues. She claimed the city’s three landfill sites at Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur had been “almost reduced to half” over the past year due to ongoing biomining and increased machinery deployment.“For years, the garbage mountains have been a major problem for Delhi. But in this one year, the way we have reduced them, the way biomining work is going on day and night, the increase in machinery today, when we look at it, they are almost reduced to half,” Gupta said, adding that work at the sites is progressing at a “good speed”.Outlining her long-term vision, Gupta said she wants Delhi to evolve into a clean, green and modern capital by 2047, when India marks 100 years of independence. “By 2047, I want Delhi to reach a stage where there is no legacy waste, River Yamuna is clean, and the air is breathable,” she said.Calling the pollution in the River Yamuna a “legacy problem”, Gupta said her govt inherited a difficult situation, with around 200 major drains directly discharging into the river and outdated sewage systems worsening the crisis.Delhi govt, she said, had laid 180 km of new sewer lines, upgraded 172 km of old ones, revamped 37 sewage treatment plants and begun work on 35 decentralised units. “Only when every drain is tapped, desilted and treated will the Yamuna start appearing clean,” she said.She added that 750 km of roads would be recarpeted over the next year and waterlogging would further reduce. “We have a roadmap to make all buses electric by 2029, targeting a fleet of around 12,000,” she said.