Govt declares two-day state mourning on Khurana’s demise
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Sunday announced a two-day state mourning fol
lowing the demise of former chief minister and veteran BJP
leader Madan Lal Khurana. “We all are deeply saddened to hear of the demise of veteran leader & former CM of Delhi Shri Madan Lal Khurana ji. As a mark of respect to the departed soul, state mourning shall be observed by Delhi govt for 2 days,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment and Forests Minister Imran Hussain represented the Delhi government at Nigambodh Ghat, where the last rites of late Khurana were performed.
In his condolence message, Kejriwal said, “Extremely saddened to know about the sud- den demise of Madan Lal Khurana ji, the former Chief Minister of Delhi and former governor of Rajasthan. May his soul rest in peace.” In his message, Sisodia said,“we all are deeply saddened to hear of the demise of veteran leader and former Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Madan Lal Khurana ji. As a mark of respect to the departed soul, state mourning shall be observed by the Delhi government for two days.”
Khurana (82) passed away here Saturday after prolonged illness He had been suffering from a chest infection and fever since the last few days, his family members had said. The veteran leader is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. Another son of his had died last month. Late Khurana served as the Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi from December 2, 1993 till February 26, 1996, after the 69th Constitutional amendment paved the way for the composition of the Delhi Legislative Assembly in its present form in 1993.
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran, Khurana was the Chief Minister of Delhi from 1993 to 1996 and was appointed the governor of Rajasthan in 2004. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal were among those who expressed grief on Khurana’s demise.