A galaxy of top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders will set foot in the Capital to woo the 1.2 crore voters here ahead of next month’s Lok Sabha polls. Having missed out on the opportunity to form a government owing to “lack of numbers” in the 2013 Delhi polls, the party is taking no chances and has invited 43 “star campaigners” that include party stalwarts, senior leaders and the seven Lok Sabha candidates in Delhi.
Among the mix are Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled States such as Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh which went to polls last December along with Delhi. The BJP did not manage to form the government only in Delhi with the rookie Aam Aadmi Party spoiling its chances.
The list of campaigners for the Capital this time includes party stalwarts L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj, party president Rajnath Singh and former president Nitin Gadkari. A host of others including former Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel and current chief Harsh Vardhan have also been roped in.
Meanwhile, the party has also got leaders of its ally in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal, to canvas for it in the Capital with both Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal agreeing to “work closely with cadres in Delhi” to promote the BJP’s messages. Senior leader and head of election management committee for Delhi V. K. Malhotra while disclosing the line-up of star campaigners on Monday said the time table of their activities will be revealed soon.
