Along with Mr Kidar Nath Sahani and Madan Lal Khurana, Malhotra was credited with keeping BJP afloat in Delhi for many years.

His biggest political victory was defeating the former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in the 1999 Indian general election by a huge margin.

Malhotra was the Senior Vice-President of the Indian Olympic Association and the acting President of the IOA since 26 April 2011, after Suresh Kalmadi was arrested by the CBI in connection with the alleged irregularities in awarding contracts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

[2][dead link‍] While Malhotra easily won his Greater Kailash constituency, the BJP failed to dislodge the Sheila Dikshit government.

Only days after election results were revealed, Malhotra was in attendance in the Lok Sabha, fuelling speculation that he intends to continue in Parliament, instead of serving in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.