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The former chief minister of Delhi, Madan Lal Khurana, gave up his last sigh Saturday at the age of 82, but he would continue to enlighten someone's life. another through his eyes.
The big heart that he was, according to his wishes. , members of his family in the midst of grief, called doctors and donated the eyes of the deceased chief. The "Dilli Ke Sher" will remain at the heart of the nation, because even in death he has maintained his convictions. His eyes were given to Dadichi Sansthan.
Khurana died at home after a long illness.
Born on October 15, 1936 in Punjab Province, Khurana is a longtime member of the Rashtriya. Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He had held several positions within the party, including National Vice-President.
This former two-year-old member of Parliament was 12 years old when his family was forced to move to Delhi as a result of the partition in 1947.
It was first ventured into politics as a student after becoming general secretary of the Allahabad Students Union in 1959, after graduating in economics at Allahabad University. He began his political career with Jan Sangh, whom he became secretary in Delhi in 1965, a position he held for two years until 1967.
It was in fact him, with Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Kedar Nath Sahani and Kanwar Lal Gupta. , who founded the Bharatiya Jan Sangh wing in Delhi.
In 1980, the Jan Sangh turned into a BJP but suffered a defeat in the 1984 general election. Khurana's work kept the party afloat in Delhi. The BJP then won the legislative elections in 1993, with Khurana being appointed prime minister. The metropolitan city councilman twice was director of the Delhi conference from 1993 to 1996.
Before becoming chief minister, he made his parliamentary debut in 1989 by becoming a member of the 9th Lok Sabha. He won three other legislative elections and became a member of Parliament in 1991, 1998 and 1999.
He was appointed Minister of the Union of Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government until 1993. his dissolution in 1999. He resigned from his post. President of the BJP unit in Delhi following the defeat in the 2003 parliamentary elections.
In 2004, he was governor of Rajasthan from January to November. The former director general of Delhi is survived by his wife Raj Khurana, his son Harish Khurana and his daughter Poonam Gulati. Earlier this year, his other son, Vimal Khurana, died as a result of a cardiac arrest.
First published: Oct. 28, 2018 16:38 IST
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