Kin by their side,prayer on lips

* For Deepak Bhardwaj,the day was marked by a series of meetings with party workers about Saturday’s schedule. “I believe in good karma,so there is no reason to worry about the results,” he said. After a relaxed lunch with his family,he was off to attend more party meetings.

* Ramesh Bidhuri and his wife spent the morning cleaning their house. “It has been full of people of late,” he said. The latter half of the day was spent visiting people and holding meetings with 120 counting agents. “After this,I have several wedding invitations and television interviews lined up,” said Bidhuri.

* At his official residence on Teen Murti Marg,Kapil Sibal spent the day with his brother and other family members discussing politics and watching TV. “I am just waiting for tomorrow,” said a visibly edgy Sibal.

* Vijender Gupta has been recovering from abdominal injuries,suffered during a school fee hike protest at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday. “I stayed home all day watching political analyses on TV channels,” he said. In the evening,Gupta went with his wife to the Gauri Shankar Temple in Chandni Chowk for prayers.

* Vijay Goel met BJP stalwart Atal Behari Vajpayee in the evening to seek his blessings. “Vajpayeeji is like my father,” he said. After an hour-long meeting at Vajpayee’s residence on Krishna Menon Road,he headed for the party office at Ashoka Road and met party workers.

* After days of campaigning,Krishna Tirath preferred to spend the day with her two daughters and granddaughters. “One of my daughters stays in Faridabad and came home this morning. Apart from one meeting,I preferred to relax with my family.”

* To get over election fatigue,83-year-old

B L Sharma ‘Prem’ headed for the Kerala Ayurvedic Centre in Karkardooma early in the day for a body massage. Later in the day,‘Prem’ headed for the Tis Hazari courts to attend a Bhraman Abhivakta Sangh meeting. In the evening,following a meeting with party workers,he rushed to Sunder Nagari after getting a call from residents about tension in the area. Someone had allegedly broken into a temple in the area and ‘desecrated’ it by throwing a garland of bones at the deity.