Madan Lal Khurana

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Madan Lal Khurana (born October 15, 1936, Lyallpur (now called Faisalabad in Pakistan) is an Indian politician. Khurana was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party till his expulsion on disciplinary grounds in 2005. In April-2008 he was reinducted into the party with an aim to strengthening the Punjabi vote base in New Delhi.

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.

Peak of his career saw him the Union Minister of Parliamentry 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.[^[1] He, in a press conference, declared that he will be going to attend the expelled Uma Bharati's rally in New Delhi.He has since joined Uma Bharati's party, Bharatiya Jan Shakhti. He along with Kedar Nath Sahani kept the party afloat in New Delhi for more than four decades spanning from 1960 to 2000.Khurana too left Uma's political outfit accusing her of not helping solve his cause as committed. He accused her of not partipating in his cause of giving weightage to his mission of developing Delhi.