India, Feb. 8 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), buoyed by the exit polls that have all predicted a complete majority for it, is attempting to end its 27-year wait to form the government in Delhi since it was routed in the 1998 elections due to soaring onion prices. This time, the BJP twin strategy of matching the Aam Aadmi Party on "freebies/welfare schemes" and attacking the party's core selling points of "honesty" and "common man image" through a series of alleged corruption cases, is likely to bear fruit.

BJP leaders believe that 2025 is best possible shot the party has to claim power in Delhi, with several factors working in its favour.

"This has been a really good election. We have further consolidated the hold on middle-class u...