New Delhi:
As campaigning ended for the Delhi Assembly elections on Monday, parties made a last-minute scramble to grab a bigger share of the voter's attention.
The BJP's Sushma Swaraj seemed to borrow an Arvind Kejriwal tactic when she tweeted, "My request to all well wishers of BJP in the country: If you know any body in Delhi, please do persuade him/her to vote for BJP."
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit declared she would "not openly ask for your vote. I will say it in your ear." Ms Dikshit has won the last three Assembly elections in Delhi and has been chief minister for 15 years.
The BJP insists this was her last straight stint in that chair. The Congress, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley alleged, has already given up.
"The loser in these elections is now known," Mr Jaitley said, adding, "all that needs to be seen is what will be the BJP's majority and whether the new party will be able to make its presence felt."
The "new party" is Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, which the BJP's Sushma Swaraj reckoned "has been in dreamland and people are also thinking they will be able to change things - those are dreams."
Mr Jaitley said, "AAP has greater media visibility vis-a-vis its true strength."
Ms Dikshit listed her governments achievements, attacked the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his comments against her in rallies over the weekend and declared: "We want Delhi to be a world class city, so the whole world talks about it."
Mr Kejriwal's AAP, which makes its political debut in Wednesday's election to Delhi's 70 Assembly seats, said, "People will have to decide. Nothing will happen with what Sushma Swaraj says, all of them are scared."
The BJP's Sushma Swaraj seemed to borrow an Arvind Kejriwal tactic when she tweeted, "My request to all well wishers of BJP in the country: If you know any body in Delhi, please do persuade him/her to vote for BJP."
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit declared she would "not openly ask for your vote. I will say it in your ear." Ms Dikshit has won the last three Assembly elections in Delhi and has been chief minister for 15 years.
The BJP insists this was her last straight stint in that chair. The Congress, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley alleged, has already given up.
"The loser in these elections is now known," Mr Jaitley said, adding, "all that needs to be seen is what will be the BJP's majority and whether the new party will be able to make its presence felt."
The "new party" is Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, which the BJP's Sushma Swaraj reckoned "has been in dreamland and people are also thinking they will be able to change things - those are dreams."
Mr Jaitley said, "AAP has greater media visibility vis-a-vis its true strength."
Ms Dikshit listed her governments achievements, attacked the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his comments against her in rallies over the weekend and declared: "We want Delhi to be a world class city, so the whole world talks about it."
Mr Kejriwal's AAP, which makes its political debut in Wednesday's election to Delhi's 70 Assembly seats, said, "People will have to decide. Nothing will happen with what Sushma Swaraj says, all of them are scared."
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