A lanky, bespectacled septuagenarian wearing an AAP cap and a T-shirt bearing an image of a 'smiling mango', can be seen these days walking in markets, metros and other public places asking people to vote for Aam Aadmi Party in this "David vs Goliath" battle.
His look and British accent may conceal his Indian roots but Jai Nath Misra from the UK says, "I may have left India but India never left me", and "this election is the beginning of a corruption-free India".
Misra, who hails from Bulandshahr in UP but left India in 1960s, said a number of NRIs have also descended here to express solidarity with Kejriwal.
"We are about 60 NRIs who have travelled from different parts of the world. There is a doctor from Chicago in the US who has been here for months, among others. And, I possibly am the only one who is above 70. Rest are all very young," he said.
Camping in a small hotel in Karol Bagh, Misra says he roams around Delhi helped by AAP volunteers and reaches out to people online through his Facebook page called "Jai's Vichar Dhara".
But supporters for AAP are not just overseas NRIs, a doctor duo from Bhuj in Gujarat has also travelled the distance "just to see AAP defeat corruption for change".
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