Select at least one subject for self-study and earn expertise in it:Modi to first-timer BJP MPs


New Delhi, 28 June, 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed newly elected BJP MPs to select at least one subject for self-study and earn expertise in it. Modi was addressing first-timer BJP MPs from both the houses of Parliament at party’s two-day training programme at Surajkund.

“To be a Member of Parliament is a an important thing and one must look at it seriously,” Modi told BJP MPs.

Modi said training for elected reprentatives is critical for success of democracy, but sadly it is either neglected or ridiculed!

“Our transition from opposition to treasury is not limited to moving few feet to the other side. This is a significant transition and we must try to appreciate the meaning of this”, said Narendra Modi.

Urging party MPs not to get disillusioned by small issues he reminded them that there is no full stop in politics.

Appealing party MPs to eschew every kind of negativism, he also emphasized that our approach to parliamentary party has to be that of mutuality and fellow feeling.

“We are a family and all are working for a common goal. Try to make new friends, learn from each other and develop a new collectivism”, he said.

Modi told newly elected BJP MPs that they need to have to have good ‘aachaar, vichaar and vyavahaar’ (conduct, thoughts and behaviour) in their new roles.

Earlier, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupindersingh Hudda and several BJP leaders including Union Minister Krishanpal Gujjar State Party Chief Prof Ram Bilas Sharma received Prime Minister Modi at the Surajkund helipad.

Prime Minsiter Modi joined the delegates at the breakfast before inaugurating the camp. Among others, senior leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ram Lal, Ram Naik, Alok Kumar , Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Prakash Javdekar and Piyush Goyal are the resource persons slated to guide the proceedings. Senior leader L K Advani will be addressing the delegates at the valedictory function tomorrow evening.