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The ‘Tiffin Pe Charcha’ campaign, which means discussion over food, was launched on the occasion of the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. (File Photo/PTI)
Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, after Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar poked fun at Modi’s past as a tea seller, the BJP used its then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s famous ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ to connect with voters. Sessions started.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday interacted with party workers here as part of the ruling BJP’s ‘Tiffin Pe Charcha’ campaign ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.
Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, after Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar ridiculed Modi’s past as a tea seller, the BJP used its then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s famous ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ to connect with voters. Started the sessions.
The BJP registered a landslide victory in the elections and Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the country for the first time on 26 May 2014.
The ‘Tiffin Pe Charcha’ campaign, which means “discussion on food”, was launched on the occasion of the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
In a series of tweets in Hindi, Adityanath said, “On the occasion of completion of nine years of Modi government, ‘Tiffin Pe Charcha’ was organized with senior BJP workers in Gorakhpur.” “The meeting was very successful and positive. 328 workers participated in the meeting. My best wishes to them.”
Addressing the meeting, Adityanath said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has established a lot of influence in the world.
“Today during any crisis, the world looks towards India and Prime Minister Modi with hope in their eyes,” he said, lauding the PM for his “visionary leadership and relentless hard work”.
“Everyone knows what was the position before 2014, what was India’s position on the global stage. But after 2014, not only the country, the whole world is watching what positive changes have taken place under the leadership of PM Modi.
Before 2014, militancy in Kashmir, separatism in northeastern states and naxalism was at its peak in about 12 to 15 states.
“Today, due to the abrogation of Article 370, there is an atmosphere of peace, harmony and development in Kashmir. People participated in large numbers in the panchayat elections held there and BJP got huge support. What was a fantasy earlier is a reality today,” he said.
Currently, the North Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur and Assam have BJP governments. Adityanath said that the government is running in Nagaland and Meghalaya with the cooperation of the BJP.
He said that earlier a permit had to be taken to go to the northeastern states. Naxalite incidents have been curbed in the affected states and the process of development has progressed rapidly.
He said that respect given to Indians abroad has increased in the last nine years.
Referring to Modi’s recent three-nation tour, the UP CM said that every Indian is proud that the PM is rising on the global stage along with the country.
“Breaking protocol, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea not only received PM Modi after sunset but also greeted him by touching his feet. Fiji and Papua New Guinea honored our Prime Minister with their country’s highest honour. The Prime Minister of Australia called PM Modi ‘Boss’ while the US President was eager to get our PM’s autograph. All this shows the strength of the country’s leadership,” Adityanath said.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI,