New Delhi: Monday will be a hectic day for leaders from the three major parties in the fray in Delhi - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as it is the last day of campaigning for the Delhi elections. The capital votes on December 4 and the counting will take place on December 8.
BJP's leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Delhi BJP incharge Nitin Gadkari will be addressing rallies through the day. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshi will also be addressing 7 rallies in a last bid to woo the voters.
On Sunday too, Delhi witnessed over 25 rallies and scores of road shows with top leaders of major parties aggressively attempting to reach out to voters by making an array of promises and spelling out their vision for the city.
BJP's high-voltage campaign was led by party veteran LK Advani and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi who lambasted Sheila Dikshit dispensation on various issues while appealing to people to use the opportunity to vote out the "corrupt" government which has been in power for 15 years.
"The Congress is completely submerged in corruption. The Sheila Dikshit government has totally failed to address any of the major problems in Delhi. You must oust it," Modi said addressing well-attended rally at Dakshinpuri in South Delhi. Prominent BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari, Amit Shah, Najma Heptullah, Vinod Khanna, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Navjot Singh Siddhu criss crossed Delhi holding scores of rallies in support of party candidates.
The Congress' campaign was led by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit who addressed around seven election meetings during which she accused the opposition parties of misleading people of Delhi to grab power and asked people to vote for "continuity" and "inclusive development".
"We have changed the face of Delhi in the last 15 years. But the task is not yet finished. We need your support to continue the development agenda," Dikshit said addressing a rally in Kamla Nagar area in Model Town constituency.
In her third day of campaigning here, BSP supreme Mayawati also tried to win over voters by addressing two rallies-- one in Trilokpuri and another in Dwarka. She attacked the UPA government, alleging that its wrong policies has lead to rise in the prices of essential commodities which has hit the country's poor and middle class hard.
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