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BJP would be defeated in Delhi: Khurana

Former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana on Sunday warned the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership that the party would be defeated in the capital, if the Centre failed to intervene in time to solve the problems faced by Delhi.

The warning was given by the senior BJP leader while addressing a Sankalp Rally to launch an agitation on several key issues facing the capital.

Khurana, however, deferred his action plan till next week following intervention from Home Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani and BJP President Jana Krishnamurthy.

"Just as the issue of onion brought down the (BJP) government in Delhi earlier, unless the CNG issue is resolved, it could bring about BJP's defeat in Delhi," he said adding that though Congress government in Delhi was a 'dead government' it could win if the Centre did not intervene in time.

The warning by Khurana, who has been sidelined by the leadership in recent years despite being a party national vice president, has come ahead of the crucial civic elections due in February.

Justifying his charter of demands, Khurana said: "These demands are part of the BJP's manifesto. So how can I be accused of being anti-party. I am merely trying to ensure my party's victory in the Delhi elections next year."

While Shatrughan Sinha and Madanlal Jaiswal, MPs, extended their support to Khurana with Sinha writing a letter to the BJP veteran, former Delhi chief minister Sahib Singh Verma, who was scheduled to share platform, distanced himself stating that a 'wrong message' was going that the fight was against the Centre.

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