New Delhi sources have stated that the day before declaration of municipal poll results started as usual for Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken. However, amid the excitement anxiety was writ large on the faces of AAP and Congress given the fact that exit polls have given a clean sweep to BJP.
Sources have stated that Tiwari took the opportunity of the two-day gap between polling and counting to fly to Mumbai and shoot a movie. He returned on Tuesday morning to take stock of the preparations of the state unit for the counting day. He met party members at his North Avenue residence and then went to Parliament to attend a meeting of standing committee on shipping.
A cricket enthusiast, Tiwari played the sport in
the lawn of his residence in the evening to relax and prepare for the civic
poll results that may shape his political career in the party. Ajay Maken spent
the day conducting meetings. He met district presidents to get their feedback
on the municipal elections. In the evening, he met Congress spokespersons and
advised them to keep the party's position in the media strongly on Wednesday.
The exit polls have not been favorable for Congress. Aspiring to make a comeback in the corporations, the party came up with a detailed manifesto and roped in senior party functionaries in campaigns. It fielded many new faces and gave an impressive representation to women.
