Khurana was suspended from the BJP early this year.
His appointment as zonal in-charge of Delhi, Punjab and J&K marks his re-entry into active politics in the capital, for which he had given up the Rajasthan governor's job.
Former Union minister and Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party strongman Madan Lal Khurana Monday accused party chief Rajnath Singh of working under the influence of a "coterie" close to senior leader Lal Kishenchand Advani.
Khurana, a party strongman in Delhi till a few years ago, has sent a letter to Advani containing his demand.
The former prime minister feels Khurana should have been allowed an explanation.
Union minister Shankersinh Vaghela says suspended BJP leader Khurana is 'not alone' and may return.
Khurana sent the apology letter to Advani through party General Secretary Pramod Mahajan, party sources said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's disciplinary committee today recommended the expulsion of senior party leader Madan Lal Khurana for a period of six years
Khurana had only a month ago written to Advani demanding his resignation. He had alleged that the party had deviated from its ideology and was being run like a 'private limited company'.\n
Vajpayee had spoken out publicly against Advani's decision to expel Khurana.
The BJP is trying to resolve the four-day old crisis set off by Khurana's expulsion.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Madan Lal Khurana has sent a letter to party president L K Advani demanding the removal of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to clear the 'taint' on the party due to the Gujarat riots.
Khurana, who joined Jan Shakti a couple of months ago after his expulsion from the saffron party last year, faced rejection of his candidates that he had fielded primarily to oppose the BJP in the recent municipal elections in Delhi.
In his resignation letter to BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu, he expressed a desire to quit active electoral politics.
Sinha was removed as party spokesman after he criticised party president Lal Kishenchand Advani's controversial remarks on Jinnah and demanded that he follow the 'One Man, One Post' principle
This came out in the Lok Sabha when Speaker Manohar Joshi congratulated him on his new assignment.
He said he decided to quit in view of the problems being faces by Delhiites.
Khurana said he will announce a third front to take on the Congress and the BJP in the national capital after the UP elections.
Referring to the Jinnah controversy, Khurana said he had requested former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to call a meeting of RSS chief K S Sudarshan and Advani for a "heart-to-heart talk" so as to defuse tension.
Khurana has said he has plans to launch a third front.
With his expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party virtually certain, suspended party leader Madan Lal Khurana Friday said he was not inclined to work under the organisation's current leadership.
The Delhi chief minister filed the suit against the Delhi BJP chief for making allegations of corruption.
The re-entry of the 71-year-old former Delhi chief minister assumes significance as it comes ahead of the assembly elections to be held by November. The party, however, has made no commitment on giving any post to the former Delhi BJP strongman and discussions in this regard are expected in the next few days.
BJP's Delhi president Madan Lal Khurana, who has been opposing the implementation of CAS in Delhi in the present form, is expected to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday to discuss the controversial issue.
He claimed that he had attempted to lodge a complaint with the police but it was not entertained
We should understand people's problems. You should do politics by going to the people and not by sitting in air-conditioned rooms, he said.
In seniority in the BJP leadership team, V K Malhotra, who passed into the ages this week, was next only to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Nanaji Deshmukh, notes Sudhir Bisht.
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