Thursday, March 16 2006 12:45 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana today(Mar 16, 2006) asked party chief Rajnath Singh to assign him a 'key responsibility' in the organisation or be allowed to take his own course.

"If there is no job for me in BJP, then I should be allowed to go," he told sources.

On his decision to join rebel leader Uma Bharti's 'Janadesh rally' in Delhi next week, Khurana said "The BJP President has asked me not to make any hasty decision until we meet in a couple of days."

"Fine but I have written to him that I have been denied any key responsibility in the party since I quit as Delhi Chief Minister in 1996," the veteran leader said.

The former Rajasthan Governor, who was briefly suspended from the party last year for his outbursts against then BJP chief L K Advani, also claimed the party had 'broken its promise' that he would be named for a Rajya Sabha berth.

"After the havala case came up, I resigned as Delhi Chief Minister in 1996 because Advani told me to do so, although the then RSS chief Rajju Bhaiya wanted me not to quit. I could have easily remained in my post, citing RSS directives but I resigned in accordance with Advani's wishes," he claimed.

He also regretted being denied any party platform to address issues related to the people of Delhi.

"I have not been put in charge of any state. And now, when I see all these demolitions in Delhi, I want to do something for the people of the capital. If the party gives me some responsibility, it is fine, otherwise I should be doing something on my own," he added.