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XNew Delhi: Veteran BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, the party's first president in Delhi and a five-time MP from the city, passed away here on Tuesday morning. He was 93.

Malhotra was undergoing treatment at AIIMS for the last few days.

He was one of the prominent faces of Delhi BJP, serving as the leader of opposition in the assembly and also projected as the party's chief ministerial face during the 2008 election, in which the Congress under Sheila Dikshit maintained its winning streak.

Several leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan expressed grief over Malhotra's demise. The Delhi government has cancelled multiple events.

Modi visited Malhotra's official residence and paid his last respects.

Earlier, he lauded Malhotra's contr

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