New Delhi, May 29 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday appointed Union minister and east Delhi MP Harsh Deep Malhotra as the new president of its Delhi unit, replacing Virendra Sachdeva, whose three-year term ended last year. The appointment was announced through an organisational order issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh. Harsh Malhotra, 62, is currently serving as minister of state for road transport and highways and corporate affairs in the Narendra Modi government. The son of veteran BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Harsh Malhotra began his political career through municipal politics and was elected councillor from Welcome Colony in 2012. He later served as mayor of the erstwhile East Delhi Municipal Corporation in 2015-16. He has also held the post of general secretary in the Delhi BJP and has remained active in organisational affairs across east Delhi. A science graduate from Hansraj College, DU, Harsh Malhotra was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from East Delhi in the 2024 general elections before being inducted into the Union council of ministers. Virendra Sachdeva had taken over as Delhi BJP working president in December 2022 after the resignation of Adesh Gupta following the party's defeat in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections. He was formally appointed state president in March 2023 and led the party during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the 2025 Delhi assembly polls....