Madan Lal Khurana
| Madan Lal Khurana | |
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| Governor of Rajasthan | |
| In office 14 January 2004 – 1 November 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Nirmal Chandra Jain |
| Succeeded by | T. V. Rajeshwar (acting) |
| Chief Minister of Delhi | |
| In office 1993 – 1996 |
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| Preceded by | G N Singh |
| Succeeded by | Sahib Singh Verma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1936 |
Madan Lal Khurana (born October 15, 1936) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi. He has also served as the Governor of Rajasthan.
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[edit] Early life
Madan Lal Khurana was born in Lyallpur, British India, (now called Faisalabad in Pakistan) to S.D. Khurana and Laxmi Devi.[1] Khurana was barely 12 when the family was forced to migrate to Delhi by Partition and began to piece its life together again at a refugee colony Kirti Nagar in New Delhi.[2] He did his graduation from Kirori Mal College under Delhi University.[3] He obtained M.A. degree in Economics from Allahabad University and B.Ed. from Gandhi Memorial College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.
[edit] Political career
[edit] During Student Life
Khurana had his training in politics at Allahabad University, where he was doing his post-graduation in economics.[2] He was general secretary of the Allahabad Students Union in 1959 and became general secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in 1960.
[edit] Jan Sangh Days
As a youth, Khurana became a teacher with Vijay Kumar Malhotra, another veteran leader of the BJP, at PGDAV (evening) College before deciding to enter politics.[2][4] Madan Lal Khurana, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Kedar Nath Sahani and Kanwar Lal Gupta founded the Delhi chapter of the Jan Sangh, which in 1980 transformed into BJP. Khurana was the Jan Sangh's general secretary from 1965 to 1967. He dominated first Municipal Corporation politics and then the Metropolitan Council where he was the Chief Whip, Executive Councillor and Leader of the Opposition by turns.
[edit] Rise of BJP
BJP suffered badly in 1984 general-elections, held after the death of Indira Gandhi. Khurana is credited with reviving the party in India's capital (New Delhi). He worked tirelessly, which earned him the title of 'Dilli Ka Sher' (Lion of Delhi). He was the chief minister of Delhi from 1993 until he resigned in 1996. Party declined to reinstate him and preferred staying with the late Sahib Singh Verma who enjoyed significant clout among the powerful Jat community in whole of North India.
He along with Kedar Nath Sahani and Vijay Kumar Malhotra kept the party afloat in New Delhi for more than four decades spanning from 1960 to 2000.
Peak of his career saw him the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism in the Vajpayee government, governor of Rajasthan from January 14, 2004 to October 28, 2004, when he resigned to return to politics in Delhi after about half a dozen MLA's from Delhi went up to him in Jaipur Raj Bhawan requesting him to return to active politics.
On 20 August 2005, Khurana was removed from the BJP for indiscipline for publicly criticising BJP president Lal Krishna Advani and expressing inability and discomfort at serving with him. On 12 September 2005, he was taken back to the party and given back his responsibilities after he apologized about his remarks about the party's leadership.
However, on March 19, 2006, he was again expelled from the primary membership of BJP for his anti-party statements.Khurana openly spoke against the party leadership as he announced to attend expelled Saffron Party leader Uma Bharti's rally in Delhi.[[5] He, in a press conference, declared that he will be going to attend the expelled Uma Bharati's rally in New Delhi and joined Uma Bharati's Bharatiya Janshakti Party. Khurana left Uma's political outfit accusing her of not helping solve his cause as committed of giving weightage to his mission of developing Delhi.
Now Khurana lives the life of a political retiree although he is back into the BJP. Not too long ago New Delhi used to be the bastion of BJP, however now BJP stands very weak because BJP has been unable to produce another leader of Khurana's stature.
[edit] Personal life
Madan Lal Khurana is married to Raj Khurana. They have three children, son Vimal Khurana[6] and daughter Poonam Gulati,[7] , Geeta chhabra and sister shashi ji . They all live in Kirti Nagar, New Delhi.
[edit] References
- ^ http://rajassembly.nic.in/MLKhurana.htm
- ^ a b c http://in.rediff.com/election/2003/nov/24os.htm
- ^ http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/496455.cms
- ^ http://spoonfeedin.blogspot.com/2008/10/india-delhis-next-cm.html
- ^ Another suspension as Khurana goes Uma's way (Indiatimes News Network)
- ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/03/05/stories/2004030506800400.htm
- ^ http://www.irfca.org/~delhimetro/news/jan12-2003.txt
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by NA (President's Rule) |
Chief Minister of the Delhi 1993-96 |
Succeeded by Sahib Singh Verma |
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Kailashpati Mishra |
Governor of Rajasthan Jan 2004–Nov 2004 |
Succeeded by T. V. Rajeshwar (acting) |
- 1936 births
- Indian politicians
- Government of Delhi
- Living people
- Kirori Mal College alumni
- Allahabad University alumni
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians
- Governors of Rajasthan
- Chief Ministers of Delhi
- 9th Lok Sabha members
- 10th Lok Sabha members
- 12th Lok Sabha members
- 13th Lok Sabha members
- University of Delhi alumni
- Members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
