Don't seek favours from Adityanath, PM Modi tells BJP MPs from UP.

Mandate given to work hard, don't seek favours from Adityanath, PM Modi tells BJP MPs from UP.

PTI | Updated: Mar 23, 2017, New Delhi::

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday instructed BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh to refrain from seeking favours from Chief Minister+ Adityanathin transfers and postings of officials, saying his administration should be allowed to focus solely on delivering good governance.

Meeting the MPs over breakfast, Modi thanked them for working hard in ensuringBJP's resounding victory+ in the UP assembly polls+ and asked them to work with party MLAs as a team to transform the state.

"Modiji said that the party's MPs and MLAs from the state need to work as a team. The Prime Minister also made it clear that we have been given mandate to work hard and not to enjoy," an MP present in the meeting said.

The Prime Minister also categorically conveyed to party MPs that they should refrain from approaching Adityanath or anybody else for transfers and postings of officials, another MP said.

The PM said the party has got a huge mandate to serve the people and wants to give them corruption-free government, the MP said.

Modi today called a meeting of the MPs at his residence which was also attended by BJP president Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and senior party leader Murli Manohar Joshi.

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Courtesy: TOI.