The BJP has planned an unprecedented 5,000 small rallies ahead of next month's Delhi elections, party sources told NDTV, revealing how it is pulling out all stopsto displace the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the country's capital.

The eye-popping number means the BJP will host three to four rallies every day in each of Delhi's 70 constituencies - to talling 250 a day over the next 20 days.

Each of the5,000 public meetings are expected to be attended by not more than 200 people.

"Thecentral leadership has given strict instructions to hold small rallies and gatherings of not more than 200 people for direct communication," a sourcesaid.

Top 100leaders of the BJP including many senior cabinet ministers are expected to bepart of the election campaigning. The roster is still being worked out, sourcessaid.

"Therewill be a proper roster of 100 leaders who will be expected to hold three tofour such small rallies or public meetings each," they added.

The Delhiunit of the BJP has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold over 10rallies, however, has received a go-ahead for about three so far, he added.

On Friday,the BJP had announced its first list of 57 candidates for the Delhi assemblyelections, scheduled to be held on February 8.

Among theprominent names in the list are Vijender Gupta, fielded by the party fromRohini and former AAP MLA Kapil Mishra from Model Town.

However,the BJP is yet to name its candidate against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inNew Delhi constituency whose party AAP has named contenders for all 70 seats.

AAP hadmade a clean sweep of the previous polls, bagging 67 seats to leave the BJPwith just three.

However,the main opposition party hopes to leverage its performance in the Lok Sabhaelections - in which the BJP won all seven seats from the capital - when thevotes for the upcoming polls are counted on February 11.