New Delhi, Nov 27: Rubbishing allegation that he had taken monetary benefits as Delhi metro rail corporation chairman, State BJP President Madan Lal Khurana today sent a defamation notice to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler demanding Rs one crore as compensation for accusing him. Khurana, describing allegation as politically-motivated, demanded an apology from Tytler within three days failing which he threatened to drag him to court. "Tytler has leveled a cheap and baseless allegation. It is a bundle of lies," the BJP leader said at a press conference here, a day after being accused of "misusing" his position as DMRC chief in acquiring land belonging to Lohia brothers for the rail project. "Decisions in these matters had been taken by the metro long before I took over as DMRC chairman," he said.
Khurana said the former Congress MP had chosen to level such allegations close to the assembly polls while realising that defeat of his party was "certain".

Khurana said during his 43-year-old political career nobody had "dare to defile my clean image in such a manner".
Referring to his name figuring in Jain Hawala case when he was Delhi Chief Minister in 1995, he said he immediately quit the post on "moral grounds" despite being advised by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and then RSS chief Rajju Bhaiya not to do so. Bureau Report