New Delhi: As Delhi keenly awaits the result of the assembly election, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday spent a relaxed morning with members of his family, even as a media jamboree waited outside his residence.
The man tipped to be the next Chief Minister of Delhi, according to most exit polls, spent most of the day in the company of his wife, son and parents.
Kejriwal started his day by performing a session of yoga and meditation. Later he read newspapers and watched television, while keeping a tab on social media.
He also had a special message for the party’s army of volunteers as he lauded their contribution and asked them to “chill”.
“Volunteers. U did an amazing job. Relax for 2 days. Spend wid ur family. Sleep. Watch movies. Meditate. Chill. God bless u,” he tweeted.
At a different corner of the city, BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi was on complete “voice rest”.
“Good morning Delhi. Every day is a new day… Only thing constant and predictable in the Sun Rise…,” Ms Bedi tweeted.
As the day progressed, however, both the chief ministerial candidates went into a huddle with the leaders of their respective parties.
Many senior AAP leaders went over to Kejriwal’s residence for a meeting around 2.30 pm.
“It was a preparatory meeting. The party took stock of the situation and weighed all the possibilities that may emerge after the verdict on February 10,” a senior leader said.
On the other hand, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Bedi at her residence. She is also expected to attend the review meeting of the party to discuss the political situation in the evening.
Both leaders had campaigned intensively in the last few weeks in one of the most fiercely fought assembly elections in decades.
Before wrapping up his campaigning following a low-key roadshow in his New Delhi constituency, the AAP chief addressed as many as 110 rallies spread over 70 constituencies in the city.
Kejriwal averaged four rallies a day, with the first one starting around 2 pm in the afternoon everyday while the last rally generally going on till at least 9 pm.
After being named as BJP’s chief ministerial candidate, Ms Bedi led a series of roadshows all over the city.
Kejriwal has quietly removed himself from the electoral frenzy in the past as well.
After the Lok Sabha polls, when he was pitted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi, he went to a meditation centre at Sohna in Haryana.
Eve after the 2013 Delhi Assembly polls, he had left for a vipassana retreat and by the time he returned, the AAP had emerged as the single largest party.
All the exit polls have given the AAP a decisive edge over the BJP. An estimated 67% turnout was recorded yesterday during the polls where a total of 673 candidates are in the fray for the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
(With inputs from PTI)