Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered a warning to Members of Parliament about the issue of absenteeism in the House, urging them to “transform themselves.” According to sources, the prime minister made the comments at a BJP parliamentary party gathering at the Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. 

“Change yourself or there’ll be changes,” Prime Minister Modi stated. On the problem of attendance, the prime minister said party MPs should regularly attend Parliament proceedings and remarked that when children have discovered a problem again and again, even they do not repeat it. 

He said, “Do Surya Namaskar and join in this [attendance] competition; it will keep everyone healthy.” 

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The poor attendance of BJP MPs has been flagged by PM Modi repeatedly. 

Sharing the main points of the meeting, which was for the first time held outside the Parliament complex, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the prime minister told party MPs that each one of them should organise sports competitions in their  constituencies. 

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Tribal MPs, including Union Minister Arjun Munda, congratulated Prime Minister Modi on declaring Birsa Munda’s birthday as ‘Jan Jatiya Diwas’ at the start of the meeting.