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Khurana coming into his own
Addressed rallies in support of party candidates
Spoke about how price rise had hit the poor
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Minister of Delhi Madan Lal Khurana, who had left the BJP in a huff but returned in absolute silence, has once again started coming into his own and has been keeping a busy schedule during the run-up to the elections.
Contrary to the perception being created by many leaders, he is much in demand what with the BJP now once again portraying a Punjabi as its chief ministerial candidate after a gap of over a decade. The resurgence of Punjabi pride as it were and the growing feeling among the cadre and the candidates that the BSP factor could tilt the scale in their favour has once again made Mr. Khurana the darling of many candidates.
On Sunday itself, he addressed nearly half a dozen meetings in support of as many party candidates in various parts of the city. At the meetings, Mr. Khurana spoke about how the rise in prices of all commodities had adversely impacted those 23 lakh people who fall in the BPL category. Besides, he charged that the Congress had only made false promises about the development of Delhi and had not actually delivered on them. Expressing concern that Delhi ranks 72nd among the 91 most corrupt cities of the world, Mr. Khurana said the Congress Government here had also shown a lot of apathy towards the needs of the people. “It has not been concerned about providing power and water but has only been bothered about how the malls can remain open till late night.” Mr. Khurana said it was a matter of regret that even today 40 per cent of the people do not get drinking water, only 16 lakh water connections have been provided to a population of 1.62 crore, and 30 per cent people do not get power supply. As for transport, he said, the average speed of travel was only 10.8 km per hour since the roads remain very congested. Claiming that had he not framed the Metro rail scheme in Delhi then this city could have collapsed, Mr. Khurana wondered what was keeping the Government from removing the Blueline buses from the roads. Among the candidates, Mr Khurana rallied for were Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly and candidate from Janakpuri Jagdish Mukhi, Surya Prakash Khatri from Timarpur, Sardar H. S. Balli from Hari Nagar, Yogesh Attray from Mangolpuri and Kulwant Rana from Rithala.
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