AMN / NEW DELHI
Senior BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana died Saturday night after prolonged illness. He was 82. The BJP leader was a four-time lawmaker and Chief Minister of Delhi from 1993 to 1996. He was also briefly the governor of Rajasthan in 2004.
He was a member of Rashtriya Swayansevak Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Khurana was born on October 15, 1936 in Lyallpur, Punjab province in British India, now called Faisalabad. Khurana’s family migrated to Delhi after Partition. Madan Lal Khurana had a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University’s Kirori Mal College.
“My heartfelt condolences to the BJP parivar and the family of our beloved former Chief Minister of Delhi & veteran BJP leader Shri Madan Lal Khurana ji who passed away today after prolonged illness. My thoughts and prayers are with his near & dear ones. May his soul rest in peace,” Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
“Saddened to learn of the demise of veteran leader Sh Madan Lal Khurrana ji,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
Madan Lal Khurana had resigned as president of the BJP’s Delhi unit after the party’s defeat in the 2003 assembly elections.
My heartfelt condolences to the BJP parivar and the family of our beloved former Chief Minister of Delhi & veteran BJP leaderShri Madan Lal Khurana ji who passed away today after prolonged illness. My thoughts and prayers are with his near & dear ones. May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/sYHfCFLLu8
— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) October 27, 2018