For instance, the Congress party's star campaigner Sunil Dutt refused a garland of flowers in Baljeet Nagar, where he was campaigning for Congress candidate, Krishna Tirath. Instead, he chose to accept a string of onions offered to him by a resident.

Another candidate, who is trying to cash in on the onion issue, is Parvesh Garg, a BJP rebel contesting from Geeta Colony. Garg, who took out a balloon procession in Laxmi Nagar today, promised to provide onions at Rs 5 per kg to every voter at their doorstep.

Surender Kumar, an Independent candidate from Vishwas Nagar, on the other hand, took to the streets with a broom in his hand and swept the roads. His message was that he will ``throw out the garbage heaps of corruption, nepotism and inept administration created by the BJP''.

Gopal Chauhan, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) nominee from Ramnagar constituency, on his part has `turned down the offer' of his workers to weigh him in blood. Instead, he has said that he would donate blood to weigh `his' leaders Kanshi Ram and Mayawati.

The voters, too, realise that this is the right time to get a hearing from the electoral candidates. The Bharatiya Bengali Hindu Muslim Morcha, held a meeting at Pant Marg and declared that their brethren will vote for only those who will provide them with free latrine and bath facilities.