Vijay Kumar Malhotra

Vijay Kumar Malhotra
Vijay Kumar Malhotra during Narendra Modi's Vikas Rally in Delhi
Leader of Opposition Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office 2008-2013
Preceded by	Madan Lal Khurana
Succeeded by	Harsh Vardhan
Constituency	Greater Kailash, New Delhi
Personal details
Born	(1931-12-03) 3 December 1931 (age 85) Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan)
Political party	BJP
Spouse(s)	Krishna Malhotra
Children	1 son (Ajay) and 1 daughter (Anupama)
Residence	New Delhi, India
Website	vkmalhotra
As of 16 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Vijay Kumar Malhotra (born 3 December 1931) is an Indian politician and a sport administrator. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was born in the Lahore city of Punjab in British India which is now in Pakistan. He represented Delhi Sadar and South Delhi constituencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the 9th Lok Sabha and the 14th Lok Sabha respectively.

Malhotra has had long active career in politics; Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi's Metropolitan Council (Chief Minister equivalent,1967), President of the Janata Party, Delhi (1977) and BJP, Delhi (1980–84). Along with Mr Kedarnath Sahani and Madan Lal Khurana, Malhotra was credited with keeping BJP afloat in Delhi for many years.

His biggest political victory was defeating the former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections by a huge margin. Malhotra has been a 5 time MP and 2 time MLA from Delhi, over the past 45 years, making him one of BJP's senior most figures in the capital.

In the 2004 Indian General Elections, Malhotra was the only BJP candidate to win his seat in Delhi, with the Congress winning the other 6 seats. Malhotra has enjoyed a spotless and clean image throughout his distinguished career, and even at the age of 82, despite not offered a post by the Narendra Modi government, he offered to become BJP's election campaign chairman for Delhi and led the party to a whitewash victory, securing all 7 seats.