BJP to launch Chai Pe Charcha campaign on 12 February

New Delhi, 4 February 2014

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today addressed a press conference in New Delhi to announce ‘Chai Pe Charcha’

On 12 February Chai Pe Charcha will be organized at 1,000 locations in 300 cities/towns covering 27 states. Shri Narendrabhai himself will attend charcha at several places. At some other places, other leaders will remain present.

A dedicated webpage will provide details of schedule and venue of Chai events. There will be three parts to each ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ event – share, ask and suggest.

Sushma said the entire campaign targets to reach 2 crore people. In reference to this innovative campaign, she recalled how BJP had launched Rath Yatra led by Advani to spread its message in yesteryears. She said ‘Chai pe charcha’ is a new and extensive effort which has never been tried before. It is an entirely Indian concept. The team launching the ‘chai stop’ programme has converged mediums like internet, mobile phones and social media.

She clarified that ‘Chai stop’ event has not been postponed. Press meet being held today but the launch will go on as scheduled on February 12.

“I had just changed the date of announcement of this campaign. Earlier announcement was to be made on 1st February, but I suggested Vasant Panchami as it is auspicious day,” she added.

“This campaign will go along with the traditional campaign. Every venue will have a set of two TVs(as shown in video)”

Modi will speak for 25 minutes and later people will share their views via all platforms. The later part will be about asking the questions.

Theme of first discussion on 12 February will be ‘Good governance’. Modi will attend the event in Ahmedabad. The event will be held during 6-8 pm.

City wise number of locations for Chai Pe Charcha
City State Locations
Kadapa Andhra Pradesh 5
Khammam Andhra Pradesh 6
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 7
Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh 15
Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh 12
Warangal Andhra Pradesh 5
Nellore Andhra Pradesh 1
Guntur Andhra Pradesh 5
Tirupati Andhra Pradesh 8
Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh 5
Karimnagar Andhra Pradesh 3
Adilabad Andhra Pradesh 1
Nalgonda Andhra Pradesh 3
Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh 5
Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 7
Nizamabad Andhra Pradesh 3
Anantpur Andhra Pradesh 5
Barasat West Bengal 4
Hindupur Andhra Pradesh 4
Amalapuram Andhra Pradesh 2
Bapatla Andhra Pradesh 1
Arunachal Arunachal Pradesh 2
Gauhati Assam 3
Kangra Himachal Pradesh 3
Jorhat Assam 2
Silchar Assam 2
Vidisha Madhya Pradesh 2
Karimganj Assam 1
Moradabad Uttar Pradesh 3
Gaya Bihar 2
Purnia Bihar 3
Muzzafarpur Bihar 1
Patna Bihar 15
Bhagalpur Bihar 5
Arrah Bihar 1
Begusarai Bihar 1
Buxar Bihar 1
Champaran Bihar 1
Jahanabad Bihar 1
Samastipur Bihar 1
Saran Bihar 1
Sheohar Bihar 1
Siwan Bihar 1
Darbhanga Bihar 1
Chandigarh Chandigarh 3
Raipur Chhattisgarh 8
Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 2
Mahasamund Chhattisgarh 1
Durg Chhattisgarh 3
Dhamteri Chhattisgarh 2
Mungeli Chhattisgarh 3
Koriya Chhattisgarh 3
North Goa Goa 4
South Goa Goa 1
Thrissur Kerala 5
Mehsana Gujarat 2
Surat Gujarat 6
Rajkot Gujarat 3
Anand Gujarat 3
Junagadh Gujarat 2
Godhra Gujarat 1
Vadodara Gujarat 6
Surendranagar Gujarat 1
Valsad Gujarat 3
Navsari Gujarat 1
Ahmedabad Gujarat 8
Gandhinagar Gujarat 5
Kutch Gujarat 4
Chhota Udaipur Gujarat 1
Patan Gujarat 3
Porbandar Gujarat 2
Dhanera Gujarat 2
Fort Songadh Gujarat 2
Kheda Gujarat 2
Sabarkantha Gujarat 1
Savarkundla Gujarat 2
Gurgaon Haryana 9
Faridabad Haryana 5
Sonipat Haryana 3
Ambala City Haryana 3
Rohtak Haryana 5
Panipat Haryana 3
Ujjain Madhya Pradesh 3
Shimla Himachal Pradesh 3
Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh 4
Mandi Himachal Pradesh 2
Chamba Himachal Pradesh 1
Jammu Jammu and Kashmir 3
Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 3
Jamshedpur Jharkhand 3
Dhanbad Jharkhand 2
Bokaro Jharkhand 2
Ranchi Jharkhand 5
Hubli Karnataka 2
Mangalore Karnataka 6
Bangalore Karnataka 25
Mysore Karnataka 6
Udupi Karnataka 3
Davanagere Karnataka 3
Raichur Karnataka 3
Gulbarga Karnataka 3
Belgaum Karnataka 2
Bijapur Karnataka 1
Kolar Karnataka 2
Mandya Karnataka 2
Bhandara Maharashtra 2
Hassan Karnataka 1
Tumkur Karnataka 1
Shimoga Karnataka 3
Chikmagalur Karnataka 3
Haveri Karnataka 3
Koppal Karnataka 3
Dharwad Karnataka 2
Bidar Karnataka 1
Chitradurga Karnataka 1
Dakshina Kannada Karnataka 1
Uttara Kannada Karnataka 1
Deoria Uttar Pradesh 5
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 12
Calicut kerala 3
Pathanamthitta Kerala 2
Bellary Karnataka 3
Kollam Kerala 4
Malappuram Kerala 1
Palakkad Kerala 1
Kozhikode Kerala 3
Kochi Kerala 4
Khandwa Madhya Pradesh 2
Biharsharif Bihar 3
Jhabua Madhya Pradesh 2
Indore Madhya Pradesh 5
Dewas Madhya Pradesh 3
Mathura Uttar Pradesh 2
Bhilwara Rajasthan 3
Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 3
Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 9
Sidhi Madhya Pradesh 2
Chhatarpur Madhya Pradesh 1
Chhindwara Madhya Pradesh 2
Balaghat Madhya Pradesh 2
Satna Madhya Pradesh 2
Hoshangabad Madhya Pradesh 2
Sagar Madhya Pradesh 3
Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 3
Ratlam Madhya Pradesh 2
Rewa Madhya Pradesh 3
Dhule Maharashtra 3
Nanded Maharashtra 2
Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 2
Kota Rajasthan 5
Latur Maharashtra 3
Mandsaur Madhya Pradesh 2
Ahmednagar Maharashtra 3
Pune Maharashtra 15
Bagalkot Karnataka 1
Jalgaon Maharashtra 3
Nashik Maharashtra 4
Jalna Maharashtra 2
Mumbai Maharashtra 30
Bhiwandi Maharashtra 3
Akola Maharashtra 3
Solapur Maharashtra 1
Hingoli maharashtra 3
Raver Maharashtra 3
Akot maharashtra 2
Palghar Maharashtra 1
Dimapur NAGALAND 2
Delhi NCT OF Delhi 70
Berhampur Orissa 3
Bhubaneswar Orissa 9
Puri Orissa 4
Cuttack Orissa 3
Rourkela Orissa 3
Sambalpur Orissa 5
Bargarh Orissa 5
Jajpur Orissa 3
Balasore Orissa 3
Jharsuguda Orissa 5
Jagatsinghpur Orissa 3
Mayurbhanj Orissa 2
Puducherry Puducherry 1
Jalandhar Punjab 3
Patiala Punjab 3
Ludhiana Punjab 3
Hoshiarpur Punjab 3
Mohali Punjab 3
Amritsar Punjab 3
Gurdaspur Punjab 3
Mukerian Punjab 2
Tinsukia Assam 2
Udaipur Rajasthan 5
Ganganagar Rajasthan 2
Dibrugarh Assam 2
Nagaur Rajasthan 3
Nagaur Rajasthan 3
Jaipur Rajasthan 8
Jhunjhunu Rajasthan 2
Alwar Rajasthan 3
Ajmer Rajasthan 3
Pali Rajasthan 3
Bharatpur Rajasthan 3
Jodhpur Rajasthan 3
Chittorgarh Rajasthan 3
Sagwara Rajasthan 3
Suratgarh Rajasthan 3
Tonk Rajasthan 3
Barmer Rajasthan 1
Jalore Rajasthan 1
Tiruppur Tamil Nadu 3
Vellore Tamil Nadu 3
Erode Tamil Nadu 3
Chennai Tamil Nadu 6
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 5
Dindigul Tamil Nadu 3
Karur Tamil Nadu 3
Kanyakumari Tamil Nadu 2
Namakkal Tamil Nadu 3
Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 3
Toothukudi Tamil Nadu 3
Krishnagiri Tamil Nadu 1
Tripura Tripura 2
Firozabad Uttar Pradesh 2
Lakhimpur Uttar Pradesh 4
Chandauli Uttar Pradesh 2
Meerut Uttar Pradesh 8
Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 8
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 11
Basti Uttar Pradesh 2
Muzzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh 6
Shahjahanpur Uttar Pradesh 2
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 11
Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 3
Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 6
Mahoba Uttar Pradesh 4
Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 3
Etah Uttar Pradesh 3
Jhansi Uttar Pradesh 3
Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 8
Noida Uttar Pradesh 8
Agra Uttar Pradesh 4
Rae Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 6
Burdwan West Bengal 1
Banda Uttar Pradesh 3
Chittoor Andhra Pradesh 5
Orai Uttar Pradesh 2
Chandrapur Maharashtra 1
Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh 3
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 8
Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh 4
Yavatmal Maharashtra 3
Rampur Uttar Pradesh 3
Kharagpur West Bengal 4
Chitrakoot Uttar Pradesh 4
Etawah Uttar Pradesh 4
Hamirpur Uttar Pradesh 4
Ballia Uttar Pradesh 3
Pilibhit Uttar Pradesh 3
Barabanki Uttar Pradesh 2
Bhadohi Uttar Pradesh 2
Fatehpur Uttar Pradesh 2
Lalitpur Uttar Pradesh 4
Sitapur Uttar Pradesh 2
Roorkee Uttaranchal 6
Dehradun Uttaranchal 4
Haridwar Uttaranchal 2
Nagpur Maharashtra 4
Bijnaur Uttar Pradesh 3
Asansol West Bengal 3
Kolkata West Bengal 9
Barrackpore West Bengal 1
Hoogly West Bengal 1
Howrah West Bengal 1
Jalpaiguri West Bengal 3
Siliguri West Bengal 3
Jamnagar Gujarat 4
Bankura West Bengal 3
Durgapur West Bengal 2