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.

BJP suffered badly in 1984 general-elections, held after the death of Indra 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. He resigned after being accused of bribery in one of the fictitous scandal and was absolved. Party declined to reinstate him, which led to tremendous factionalism and the decline of party in the capital. He was the governor of Rajasthan from January 14, 2004 to October 28, 2004, when he resigned to return to politics in Delhi.

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^[1]. He, in a press conference, declared that he will be going to attend the expelled Uma Bharati's rally in New Delhi.