Malhotra re-elected city BJP president unopposed

City BJP chief Jatinder Pal Malhotra (60) has been re-elected to the post unopposed for a three-year term.

Malhotra was the only candidate to file his nomination for the post today. The official announcement with regard to his election will be made at the party office in Sector 33 tomorrow.

Malhotra replaced Arun Sood to become city BJP chief in October 2023, and is yet to complete his three-year term. However, the nomination process for the post of city president and National Council members was conducted as part of the BJP’s ongoing organisational elections, Sangathan Parv.

For the two posts of BJP national council members, former MP Kirron Kher and former city BJP president Sanjay Tandon filed their nomination papers today.

Narinder Singh Raina, a senior BJP MLA from Jammu and Kashmir and the party’s national secretary, was the returning officer for the elections.

A resident of Sector 21 here, Malhotra did his bachelor’s degree from DAV College, Sector 10, and master’s degree in public administration from Panjab University.

He contested the Municipal Corporation elections in 2011 but was defeated by Congress candidate Mukesh Bassi.