New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party has organised a two-day orientation programme starting Saturday to impart training to the newly-elected MPs on enhancing their Parliamentary and public conduct. The workshop will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh at Surajkund.
Modi today inaugurated the orientation programme in Surajkund in Haryana where BJP MPs are being trained in efficient parliamentary and public conduct. They will also be trained on how to use social media and deal with controversies.
Modi also asked MPs to keep a distance from the media and not indulge in out of turn talks. He stated that MPs must convey policies of the government in an effective manner and carry those policies to their constituents.
Sources say that the Prime Minister said his MPs that he is also a first-time MP and is undergoing training in the Prime Minister’s Office. Modi also said MPs to draw a 6-month roadmap for their respective constituencies.
Modi will deliver the inaugural address along with Rajnath Singh. He will also try and inspire the new legislators to emulate best practices, party sources said. Around 180 newly-elected BJP MPs, including 162 from the Lok Sabha and 18 from Rajya Sabha will attend the workshop.
There are around 40 MPs from among the SCs/STs while another 30 are women first-time members. Top BJP leaders and old time parliamentarians will impart training to the first-time MPs on how to utilise their services best in the interest of public welfare. They will also be told on how to spend their MPLAD fund in the best public interest.
They will also be said how to spend their MPLAD fund in the best public interest. Party leaders say the workshop will impart training to them on how to put good questions in Parliament and what kind of urgent public matters to rise during Zero Hour debates in both the Houses.
The workshop will also stress upon them to improve their attendance in Parliament and strengthen their skills by reflecting on problems of their constituencies and mitigate public suffering by helping to find solutions for them. The MPs will also be given some lessons on their public conduct.
The new MPs will also be asked to remain in touch with public through social media. Party patriarch LK Advani is likely to deliver the valedictory address on Sunday.
Bureau Report
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