Vajpayee mesmerised the voters in his inimitable style in a series of rallies across the Capital for the November 25 Assembly election. Most of the leaders of the Delhi BJP were in attendance at these high-security meetings, the major ones being in Khanpur, Kidwai Nagar, Vishwas Nagar and Gole Market.

``Why is there no Congress Government anywhere, except in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Mizoram? Because today the Congress is synonymous with corruption. But they cannot stay away from power too long. So they are desperately hatching conspiracies to defeat the BJP and usurp power,'' he said.

Vajpayee went on to say that the Prime Minister has been brought under the purview of the Lok Pal Bill much against the wishes of the Congress. ``The Bill will be tabled during the Winter session, we'll see whether the Congress supports the Bill,'' he added.

``It would be better if elections are fought on issues of development. But to win the elections the Congress is indulging in petty politics and unfair methods by which neither the people nor democracy will benefit,'' he said. Narrating an incident from his childhood in Kanpur, Vajpayee said that the Congress is spreading rumours the way the British rulers in India used to, to create trouble and to cling to power.

The Prime Minister accused the Congress of pursuing ``negative politics'' in its bid to grab power and said the trend was not good for a healthy democracy. He said the Congress had been telling the people that there would be communal riots and violence and the country would be divided on the basis of religion, language and culture, but there had been communal clashes in the past five years of BJP rule in Delhi.

``It is in the Congress ruled Madhya Pradesh that women of a minority community have been sexually assaulted. But the honour of a woman should never be made a political issue. In fact, we are for awarding the death sentence to culprits who assault women's modesty,'' he said.

The PM described Delhi as a micro-India with people of all states and languages residing here. He also talked about the fact that Delhi's population is increasing at twice the rate of the rest of the country which was creating pressure on Delhi's amenities, housing, universities and roads.Among the national leaders who shared the platform with him were CM Sushma Swaraj, ex-chief minister Sahib Singh Verma, Maharashtra Deputy CM Gopinath Munde, Himachal Pradesh CM Shanta Kumar and ex-governor of J&K Jagmohan.