New Delhi: The Delhi government has declared a day of state mourning on Wednesday following the demise of BJP leader and Delhi’s first Chief Executive Councillor Vijay Kumar Malhotra, an official said.

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta expressed sorrow over his demise, calling it an immense and irreplaceable loss.

CM Gupta said that the state government would ensure that his last rites are conducted with full honours, an official statement said.

Today, the Chief Minister visited his residence to pay respects to Professor Malhotra, who was the first President of Delhi BJP, and reiterated that his passing away is an immense and irreplaceable loss.

She said that Professor Malhotra, who also served as a Member of Parliament and a legislator in Delhi, was a frontline warrior of the Bharatiya Jana

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