His idea of relaxation is making his brain work. So Vijay Goel, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from New Delhi constituency, played Solitaire — his favourite game —on his laptop on the eve of the polls. Confident of a win, Goel spent Wednesday organising his workers in poll management teams. He also visited different areas of the constituency to have a direct interaction with the party workers. “I am fighting this election on the basis of my clean image and I am confident of winning by a huge margin,” he said.

Campaigning on a cycle: BJP candidate from the New Delhi seat Vijay Goel campaigns on a bicycle in New Delhi.

The BJP’s Vijay Goel did a Manoj Kumar trying to connect to the urban poor of Kotla Mubarakpur, during one of his many campaign rallies on Sunday. The crowd responded wholeheartedly, singing along and clapping. Goel harped on inflation and unemployment, targeting both the poor and middle-class voters. “During the BJP government’s rule, you could buy sugar for  Rs. 18 a kg. But today you have to shell out  Rs. 30,” he said. “Inflation has increased and so has your electricity bill because of faulty meter’s.”

NEW DELHI: The BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha from New Delhi, Vijay Goel, said on Tuesday that the recent Delhi High Court order directing closure of nursing homes operating in violation of building by-laws and land use norms had once again shown that Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken had failed to provide any relief to people and businesses in Delhi as was being claimed by him.

NEW DELHI: Bringing the world of glamour to Delhi’s political stage, fashion designer Ritu Beri on Friday joined the BJP’s New Delhi candidate Vijay Goel in his “Online Promotional Campaign”.

For Vijay Goel, a former union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, the last four months has seen life come a full circle. From having apparent “differences” with his party’s Delhi Chief Ministerial candidate VK Malhotra after he was snubbed during the states Assembly election, the Sri Ram College of Commerce pass-out is now bracing for a head on collision with Congress heavyweight Ajay Maken from the prestigious New Delhi constituency. Dismissing Maken’s claim of development as rhetoric, the 3-time Member of Parliament Goel shares his vision for the city, amongst other things with Pratik Dogra of zeenews.com.

The fight for the New Delhi seat heated up on Friday with BJP leader Vijay Goel hitting out at Congress candidate and opponent Ajay Maken for claiming that he was responsible for upgrading the city's infrastructure. – See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/faceoff-goel-hits-back-at-maken-over-development/445647/#sthash.iJkIZqWL.dpuf

The war of words between the BJP and the Congress candidates from New Delhi constituency, Vijay Goel (55) and Ajay Maken (44), respectively, refuses to die down.

In a bid to reach out to youth voters ahead of Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate from New Delhi Parliamentary seat, Vijay Goel has decided to rake up the issue of growing unemployment in the country under the Congress-led UPA regime.

High drama was witnessed near Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence in New Delhi as BJP leader Vijay Goel drove a blueline bus near her house to convey a message that private buses were being run by inexperienced drivers like him.