After securing victory in MCD polls, Delhi BJP eyes on Assembly elections

It was 8.15 am on the last day of November, 2016, when the phone rang in Manoj Tiwari’s North Avenue residence. It was the party high command calling to inform him that he will now lead the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), more than three years after he officially joined the party as its ‘star campaigner’. Tiwari, arguably India’s most popular Bhojpuri star, with thousands of songs and over 70 films to his credit, was brought on to perform hit songs for potential voters at election rallies across the Hindi-speaking belt.