Background
He was born in the Lahore city of Punjab in British India which is now in Pakistan.
politician member of the Lok Sabha
He was born in the Lahore city of Punjab in British India which is now in Pakistan.
He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. 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. Along with Mr Kedarnath Sahani and Madan Lal Khurana, Malhotra was credited with keeping BJP afloat in Delhi for many years.
Malhotra has been a 5 time Member of Parliament and 2 time Modern Language Association from Delhi, over the past 45 years, making him one of BJP"s senior most figures in the capital.
Malhotra is also an educationist. He holds a Doctorate in Hindi Literature.
Sports Administration
He is also the President of the General Association of National Sports Federations and the President of the Archery Association of India. He was also associated with the organisation of the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi.
In October 2015, Malhotra was named as the Chairman of the All Indian Council Of Sports (AICS), and was given the rank of a minister of state.
Chief ministerial candidate
Only days after election results were revealed, Malhotra was in attendance in the Lok Sabha, fuelling speculation that he intends to continue in Parliament, instead of serving in the Delhi Assembly.
Malhotra has had a 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 (1980-1984). 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 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. Besides politics and social work, Malhotra is also involved with the administration of the chess and archery clubs in Delhi. On 26 September 2008 the BJP announced that Malhotra would be party"s chief ministerial candidate in the election to Delhi Assembly in 2008.
However he resigned as Member of Parliament and retained his seat of an Modern Language Association in Delhi and would serve as Leader of opposition.