- Vijay Kumar Malhotra
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name = Vijay KumarMalhotra
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birth_date =Birth date and age|1931|12|3|df=y
birth_place =Lahore ,British India (now inPakistan )
residence =New Delhi
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constituency = South Delhi
office = MP
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party =BJP
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spouse = Krishna Malhotra
children = 1 son and 1 daughter
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date = September 16
year = 2006 |
source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=230Vijay Kumar
Malhotra was born onDecember 3 ,1931 inLahore , Punjab (now inPakistan ). He is currently amember of parliament (14thLok Sabha ) from the South Delhi constituency inNew Delhi . He belongs to theBharatiya Janata Party .This is Malhotra's 4th term in the Lok Sabha. He has also served as a member of the
Rajya Sabha . He has had an active career in politics; Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi's Metropolitan Council (1967), President of theJanata Party , Delhi (1977) and BJP, Delhi (1980-84). Now the deputy leader of the BJP parliamentary party, Malhotra is also an educationist. He holds Doctorate in Hindi Literature.Besides politics and social work, Malhotra is also involved with chess and archery clubs in Delhi.
Malhotra is the Senior Vice President of the
Indian Olympic Association in addition to being the Presidents of the General Association of National Sports Federations and the Archery Association of India. He is also associated with the organisation of2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi.Chief ministerial candidate
On 26 September 2008 the party announced that Malhotra will be party's chief ministerial candidate in the election to Delhi Assembley in later 2008. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=258510bb-a15c-4351-866c-0cf222cb6685&&Headline=VK+Malhotra+is+BJP%e2%80%99s+CM+candidate&strParent=strParentID]
External links
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=230 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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