BJP President Amit Shah during an election rally at Madanpur Khadar in New Delhi on the last day of campaigning on Thursday. (Press Trust of India photo)
With hours to go before Delhi goes to polls, thousands of BJP workers are rushing to meet outreach targets by party chief Amit Shah. The aim is to try and give a last minute push and convince voters to come out in support for their party.
"A good supporter is someone who comes out and votes," says Virender Sachdeva, the district head of the BJP for Mayur Vihar as he and several party workers try and reach the last of the voters who have yet to be contacted in the area.
"We have already met with several thousand families at least three times, this is the fourth and final outreach to them and just five per cent are left" says Mr Sachdeva.
Interestingly, with a close fight expected between the BJP and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party of AAP, Mr Shah has for the past few weeks been directly reaching out to his party's grass roots worker to ensure that voters come out in strength.
Mr Shah, who is credited with the BJP's win in Lok Sabha and recent state polls, has set specific targets for each booth worker. Each has been tasked with making contact with at least 30 families and that too four times before polling.
"In each house we know our voters and will ensure they come out early and vote, then we will work on the undecided," says another BJP worker as he hands out a printed party letter to a local resident. Each letter has details of the candidate from the area.
While the BJP has roped in two lakh booth workers for the massive door-to-door outreach campaign, the AAP is relying on its volunteers to counter the campaign in the final hours in the run up to polling.