Group discussion over cups of tea is not an unusual sight on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus. On Monday, however, the university hosted an unusual gathering where top BJP leaders sipped tea with JNU students at ' Namo Tea Party', an event named after BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Taking a cue from Modi's admission that he has worked as a ' chai wala' ( tea seller), a group of JNU students organised a meeting with Delhi BJP leaders on the campus to discuss political issues in the run- up to the Lok Sabha elections.

According to the organisers, over 1,000 students turned up to listen to Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Harsh Vardhan, BJP MLA from Mehrauli Parvesh Singh and BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi.

" A ' chaiwala' campaign is underway across the country. So we thought we should do something similar on our campus," said Amba Shankar Bajpai, a PhD student at JNU and chief organiser of the event.

Targeting the AAP government, Harsh Vardhan said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is going back on his promise to take action against corrupt Congress leaders.

" AAP has not done anything after coming to power and has gone back on its promise to try Congress leaders on charges of corruption.

Today they ask me for evidence of corruption against the Congress leaders," he said.

Encouraging students to vote for Modi, Lekhi said time has come for India to have a strong nationalist government. " The Indian youth should now vote for Modi as he is the only leader who can work for the benefit of the country."

