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PM Modi met all MPs from Odisha on Monday. (Image: News18)
Prime Minister Modi asked BJP MPs to work on ground and take the central government schemes to the masses.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met BJP Odisha MPs and said that the people of the state have given a massive mandate to the party and now it’s time for the elected members to work for them.
“The BJP has been accepted by the people of Orissa, and that’s the reason we have this kind of mandate. But now we must keep their trust intact by working for the cause of the people,” PM Modi said during a 45-minute long meeting with BJP MPs on Monday.
It was round of introduction for the various MPs from the saffron party, many of them being first time, members of Parliament.
“It is okay to be able to win the election in the manner which we did, but winning elections alone is not okay, we need to deliver to people and work for people. That’s the real challenge,” Prime Minister Modi told party MPs.
The message from PM Modi was clear and direct. Despite the kind of success that the party was able to meet in the eastern state — both in the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections. There was plenty of scope for the party to expand its footprint further.
Not only the Prime Minister asked his partymen to work on ground and take the central government schemes to the masses, he also spoke to them about going to the last mile in their reach out. The Prime Minister also cited the example of the Gujarat model that everybody speaks about. In fact, he also shared a number of anecdotes from his own journey as the Gujarat Chief Minister.
In one of the main initiatives that the party needs to take was the engagement with the youth. “Prime Minister Modi said that the one that the youth can really have is on cleanliness. Therefore it was important to Connect the youth with the benefits of schemes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.” A source said adding that they have been given a task to connect about 1.5 lakh youth with this By the end of 2024.
Focus should be on humility and not arrogance of power, PM Modi said. In fact, he asked them To hold small tiffin meetings with the party karyakartas at the grassroot level.
On the lighter front, the prime minister also also joked with Senior party MP Sangeeta Singh Deo who has been victorious from bolangir. Sangeeta’s husband Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo is the deputy CM in the Odisha government.
Referring to another member of Parliament, Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, who has been elected from Behrampur. PM Modi said he is known for his loud voice and aggression, which has been witnessed earlier in Rajya Sabha as well. The Prime Minister cracked up with him and said that his voice was so loud that it could reach Gujarat from the Parliament itself.
The BJP scripted history in the state of Odisha after coming to power with a majority in the state overtaking from the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government. The state has three cabinet ministers – Ashwani Vaishnav Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram in the central government. The party was able to win 20 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats, taking its tally a long way forward after Having 12 MP in 2019. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is currently the sole Rajya Sabha MP for the saffron party from Odisha.
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