Madan Lal Khurana passes away |
Former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana breathed his last on Oct 27 at the age of 82, yet he would continue to spread light in someone else`s life through his eyes. The large hearted that he was, as per his wishes, his family members in the midst of grief, called doctors and donated the late leader`s eyes. The `Dilli ke Sher` will stay in the heart of the nation as even in death he stood by his beliefs. His eyes were donated to the Dadichi Sansthan. Khurana had passed away at his residence following a prolonged illness. Born on October 15, 1936, in then-Punjab Province, Khurana has been a long time member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He had held several posts in the party, including a stint as the national vice president. The two-time former Member of Parliament was 12-years-old when his family was forced to move to Delhi following the Partition in 1947.He first ventured into politics as a student after becoming the general secretary of the Allahabad Students` Union in 1959 during his post-graduation in Economics at the Allahabad University. His mainstream political stint began with the Jan Sangh, of which he became Delhi secretary in 1965, serving on the post for two years till 1967.It was actually him, along with Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Kedar Nath Sahani and Kanwar Lal Gupta, who founded the Delhi wing of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh.
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