New Delhi, May 28 -- Newly appointed Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Harsh Malhotra on Thursday said he will work to strengthen the party in the national capital and take its work forward.

Malhotra said the BJP's return to power in Delhi after 27 years was possible due to the efforts of party workers and leadership.

He said he has accepted the new responsibility with support from the party's national leadership and promised to continue the work of his predecessor, Virendra Sachdeva.

Addressing the press conference, Malhotra said, "...After 27 years, the BJP formed the government in Delhi, and the CM Rekha Gupta became our Chief Minister; all of this is the result of the hard work of thousands of our party workers in Delhi,...