EVENT IN DELHI
- Date: Sunday, May 3rd 2009
- Time: 5.00 pm
- Venue: Speakers Hall, Constitution club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
- Convenor: Manoj Arora
- Co-ordinator: Pravin Chauhan
- Key Speaker: Lt. Gen N. S. Malik on “Why BJP”
EVENT IN KOLKATTA
- Date: Wednesday, May 6th 2009
- Time: 6.30 pm
- Venue: Kala Mandir, 48 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
- Co-ordinator: Rajeev Mantri
- Key Speaker: Chandan Mitra on “Why BJP”
EVENT IN CHENNAI
- Date: Saturday, May 2nd 2009
- Time: 6.00 pm
- Venue: IMAGE Auditorium, MRC Nagar, Chennai
- Co-ordinator: Vikram H
- Key Speaker: Arun Shourie on “Why BJP”
Event in Delhi
- Date: Friday, May 1st 2009
- Time: 6 pm
- Venue: PHD Chamber of Commerce, Opposite Asiad Village, August Kranti Marg, N. Delhi
- Convenor: Manoj Arora
- Co-ordinator: Vijay Mehta
- Key Speaker: Arun Jaitley on “Why BJP”
- Entry by Invitation only (email friendsofbjpdelhi@live.in to request an invitation), or on presentation of your business card
New Events
- Date: Sunday, April 26th 2009
- Time: 11 am
- Co-ordinator: Ashish Shelar
- Venue: Rang Sharda, Bandra, Mumbai
- Key Speaker: Arun Jaitley on “Why BJP”
- Date: Sunday, April 26th 2009
- Time: 8.00 pm
- Venue: Jall Auditorium, South Tukoganj, Indore
- Co-ordinator: Vishnu Jhaver
- Key Speaker: Manohar Parrikar on “Why BJP”
- Date: Wednesday , April 29th 2009
- Time: 6.00 pm
- Venue: Kailash Hospital Auditorium, Sector 27, Noida
- Convenor : Manoj Arora
- Co-ordinator: Dr. Anurag Mishra
- Key Speakers: Prakash Javdekar and Sidharth Nath Singh on “Why BJP”
- Date: Thursday, April 30th 2009
- Time: 6.00 pm
- Venue changed to: Raj Darbar Hall, Diamond Palce, Kavi Nagar Industrial Area, Ghaziabad
- Convenor : Manoj Arora
- Co-ordinator: Akhilesh Sharma
- Key Speaker: Ravi Shankar Prasad on “Why BJP”
NEW EVENTS
- Date: Friday, April 24th 2009
- Time: 6.00 pm
- Venue: SK Banquet Hall, Near Janakpuri club, Janakpuri, West Delhi
- Co-ordinator: Rajiv Babbar
- Key Speaker: Ravi Shankar Prasad on “Why BJP”
- Date: Saturday, April 25th 2009
- Time: 4.30 pm
- Venue: Lajpat Bhawan Hall, Motijheel, Kanpur
- Co-ordinator: Mayank Khanna
- Key Speaker: Ravi Shankar Prasad on “Why BJP”
- Date: Saturday, April 25th 2009
- Time: 6.00 pm
- Venue: SL House, C-1, Sushant Lok One, Near Paras Hospital, Gurgaon
- Co-ordinator: Mamta Kumar
- Key Speaker: Arun Shourie on “Why BJP”
JALANDHAR FRIENDS OF BJP EVENT
- Date: Saturday, April 18th 2009
- Time: 12.00 pm
- Venue: Hotel President, Jalandhar
- Co-ordinator: Vikram Kantore (09914179999)
- Key Speaker: Arun Jaitley on “Why BJP”
Second Mumbai Friends of BJP Event
We are back in Mumbai on Tuesday!
* Date: Tuesday, April 14
* Time: 6:30 pm onwards
* Venue: National College Auditorium, Bandra
* Key Speaker: Prakash Jawadekar on “Why BJP”
Attendance is open to all. We hope to see you there.
9 NEW EVENTS
We are having many more events in the next few days; please pass on the message to family, friends and colleagues in these areas.
- Date: Saturday, April 11th 2009
- Time: 7.30 pm
- Venue: Hotel Asia, Jammu
- Co-ordinator: Shamsher Singh (09419187268)
- Key Speaker: Arun Jaitley on “Why BJP”
- Date: Sunday, April 12th 2009
- Time: 8.30 am
- Venue: Hotel Katriya, Hyderabad
- Co-ordinator: Y L Srinivas (09440455888)
- Key Speaker: Arun Shourie on “Why BJP”
- Date: Sunday, April 12th 2009
- Time: 3 pm
- Venue: Kholeshwar College, Ambejogai-Beed
- Co-ordinator: Anirudha Chausalkar (09850415766)
- Key Speaker: Tarun Vijay on “Why BJP”
- Date: Sunday, April 12th 2009
- Time: 5 pm
- Venue: Fusion Food Conference Hall, Siripuram, Vishakapatanam
- Co-ordinator: Dr Hari Babu (09440901300)
- Key Speaker: Arun Shourie on “Why BJP”
- Date: Sunday, April 12th 2009
- Time: 6.00 pm
- Venue: Bistupur Singhbhum Chamber Commerce & Industry, Jamshedpur
- Co-ordinator: A K Shrivastava (09431117610)
- Key Speaker: Swapan Dasgupta on “Why BJP”
- Date: Sunday, April 12th 2009
- Time: 7.30 pm
- Venue: Hotel Taj Patil, Nanded
- Co-ordinator: Manik Bhonsale (09422415407)
- Key Speaker: Tarun Vijay on “Why BJP”
- Date: Monday, April 13th 2009
- Time: 11 am
- Venue: Latur
- Co-ordinator: Gurunath Mage (0922611010)
- Key Speaker: Tarun Vijay on “Why BJP”
- Date: Monday, April 13th 2009
- Time: 2.30 pm
- Venue: Abhinandan, Near Raj Bhawan, Ranchi
- Co-ordinator: Saket Kumar (09870710963)
- Key Speaker: Swapan Dasgupta on “Why BJP”
- Date: Monday, April 13th 2009
- Time: 6.15 pm
- Venue: Siri Fort Auditorium
- Co-ordinator: Arti Mehra, Mayor of Delhi
- Key Speaker: Arun Jaitley on “Why BJP”
Goa Event: Press Coverage
It was a wonderful event in Goa, with over 1200 people present to hear Ravi Shankar Prasad and Manohar Parrikar. Thanks to Sahana Nayak and her team for putting up such a great show. Ravi Shankar Prasad also took questions, and handled them with aplomb. Here is a photo from Navhind Times by Nandesh Kambli.
Here is a pre-event article from The Times of India:
Upping the ante in its fight for the Lok Sabha seats, a new initiative to push the BJP to power will come into force in the state on Tuesday.
Friends of BJP-Goa’ that describes itself as a subset of the educated civil society that is BJP-leaning, and willing to be vocal about it, will hold its first meeting at Tonca in the capital city on Tuesday evening.
The Friends of BJP’ comprises young professionals and intend to use social media (mobile and online) and drawing room meetings to help boost their support.
Its objective includes helping the BJP win more urban seats by using the assistance of members to get one lakh new votes in every constituency.
“We already have doctors, lawyers, chartered accountants and business persons among our members. The focus is on getting young professionals into the fold. We believe that four and half years of Parrikar’s rule was better than what the other governments gave to the state since the last 47 years. Similar in the NDA’s case at the centre,”convenor Sahana Nayak said.
Friends of BJP’, which aims at becoming a national movement, was officially launched in Mumbai on February 28.
“We will use idea banks, blogs, and SMSes in our campaign for the upcoming polls,” Nayak said, adding that an idea bank would provide a platform for members to channel inputs in multiple disciplines for the manifesto and to the BJP leadership.