Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the BJP's two-day training session for its first-time MPs in Surajkund, Haryana
The BJP is holding a master class today for more than a hundred newbie MPs on how to behave in Parliament.
The two-day orientation, which is being held at a hotel in Surajkund on the border between Delhi and Haryana, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was also the first speaker. The Prime Minister himself is a first-timer member of the Lok Sabha. Other BJP A-listers like Home Minister
Rajnath Singh, also the party president, will brief the rookies.
The BJP crossed the finish line in the national election last month with a massive lead, becoming the first party in nearly 30 years to land a parliamentary majority.
The Budget session of Parliament begins on July 7. The PM has warned his party workers that "bitter medicine" will be needed to push the economy out of neutral, and in a blog, on Thursday, to mark his first month in office, he spoke of the need to strengthen communication systems to convey "the right things to the right people at the right time".
(Also read: Not Even 100-Hour Honeymoon Period for My Government: Prime Minister Narendra Modi)The new lawmakers - 161 in total - will be instructed on how to meet the expectations of voters by union minister
M Venkaiah Naidu. Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley will lead a class on their rights and duties as parliamentarians. External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj will run them through etiquette in Parliament; Power Minister
Piyush Goyal will instruct them on how to use social media responsibly and effectively.
The final speaker will be LK Advani, the party's 86-year-old veteran.
Class will be dismissed tomorrow at 4 pm.