PM Modi wants included in the report, details of how each lawmaker has implemented central schemes.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advised BJP lawmakers to limit their use of mobile phones, suggesting it would help them conserve time and energy that can be put to better use.
The Prime Minister, who also admonished party lawmakers for not handing in progress reports on the work they have done in their parliamentary constituencies, said they must learn how to manage their time.
For the lesson in time management, PM Modi quoted US author and inventor Benjamin Franklin, whose writings have inspired management courses on the subject - "Time is money" and "time lost is never found again," the PM said at a weekly meeting of party lawmakers, the last before the Monsoon session ends.
Talk less was also the message of an additional session by new Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anant Kumar, who cautioned the lawmakers against casual conversations that can be used in sting operations. He reminded them of how BJP lawmakers were expelled from the parliament some years ago after a sting operation accused them of taking money to ask questions in the parliament.
PM Modi said he was worried that many lawmakers had not given an account of their work in constituencies in the two years since they were elected, despite repeated reminders.
Now, he said, they must send their reports online at the earliest, either to him or to Jitendra Singh, minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office.
The Prime Minister wants included in the report, details of how each lawmaker has implemented central schemes.
He has also asked them to travel across their constituencies on two-wheelers holding national flags eight-feet long as part of the BJP's Tiranga Yatra to celebrate Independence Day.
They must upload about 500 to 1000 photos each from the yatra on Facebook, PM Modi has instructed.
The yatra will be held between August 15 to 22 to promote unity and social harmony.
The Prime Minister, who also admonished party lawmakers for not handing in progress reports on the work they have done in their parliamentary constituencies, said they must learn how to manage their time.
For the lesson in time management, PM Modi quoted US author and inventor Benjamin Franklin, whose writings have inspired management courses on the subject - "Time is money" and "time lost is never found again," the PM said at a weekly meeting of party lawmakers, the last before the Monsoon session ends.
Talk less was also the message of an additional session by new Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anant Kumar, who cautioned the lawmakers against casual conversations that can be used in sting operations. He reminded them of how BJP lawmakers were expelled from the parliament some years ago after a sting operation accused them of taking money to ask questions in the parliament.
PM Modi said he was worried that many lawmakers had not given an account of their work in constituencies in the two years since they were elected, despite repeated reminders.
Now, he said, they must send their reports online at the earliest, either to him or to Jitendra Singh, minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office.
The Prime Minister wants included in the report, details of how each lawmaker has implemented central schemes.
He has also asked them to travel across their constituencies on two-wheelers holding national flags eight-feet long as part of the BJP's Tiranga Yatra to celebrate Independence Day.
They must upload about 500 to 1000 photos each from the yatra on Facebook, PM Modi has instructed.
The yatra will be held between August 15 to 22 to promote unity and social harmony.
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