Vijay Kumar Malhotra, one of the tallest leaders of #BJP in Delhi and among the most recognisable…
Vijay Kumar Malhotra, one of the tallest leaders of #BJP in Delhi and among the most recognisable faces of its predecessor, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, has passed away. He was 93. Prof. Malhotra’s passing, BJP leaders said, is not just the loss of a senior politician but of a generation that built the party from scratch in the Capital. From the early struggles of the Jana Sangh to the rise of the BJP, he remained a constant — organiser, parliamentarian. Just a day before his passing, at the inauguration of BJP’s new headquarters on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Prime Minister #NarendraModi had recalled Malhotra’s contribution as Delhi BJP’s first president: “In 1980 when the BJP was formed, V K Malhotra ji had been made the first president — over time, the sacrifice of thousands of karyakartas has led to the party that it is today.”
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