Prime Minister Narendra Modi who attended the BJP parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday asked the leaders to be ready for a "strong fight" stating that the more the party rises and succeeds, the more it will have to face attacks from the opposition.

The BJP parliamentary party meeting took place this morning in the Parliament complex here. This was the first time that this meeting has taken place in the ongoing second part of the session.

The meeting began with the BJP MPs congratulating PM Modi for leading them to score three big wins in the recently concluded Assembly elections in the northeastern states. PM Modi was felicitated by the party leaders for the party's win in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland where they have a coalition government.

According to sources cited by the news agency ANI, the Prime Minister said, "The more, the BJP continues to taste success and rise, the more the attacks from the other side will increase. Have to be ready for a strong fight". PM Modi's remark came at a time when the Parliament has been in a logjam in which the opposition continues to demand a JPC on the Adani-Hindenburg issue, and the BJP has demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi for insulting the prime minister.

While the opposition parties continue to call Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP from Lok Sabha an attack on democracy, BJP and NDA MPs continue to attack the congress party and Rahul Gandhi for insulting Veer Savarkar and OBC community.

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said that the welfare scheme by the government was discussed in the parliamentary party meeting and PM Modi has instructed all BJP MPs to communicate the special things to the people of their respective constituencies.

The BJP held its parliamentary party meeting in the Parliament complex this morning in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top party leaders including party president JP Nadda were also present.

"Social welfare scheme was discussed in the BJP Parliamentary Party Meeting. Mann Ki Baat will complete its 100th episode in April, so PM Modi has asked all MPs to communicate the special things in their constituency. We also felicitated PM Modi for the victories in the recent elections in the northeast," Joshi said after the meeting.

When asked about the scrapping Muslim quota in Karnataka, the Minister termed it "constitutionally incorrect".

"That is factually, legally & constitutionally incorrect. When other states had gone in for reservations on the basis of religion that was quashed by SC and now also it was illegal so it has been scrapped," Joshi said.

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said that the Prime Minister, in the meeting, has asked all MPs to visit their constitutions on the completion of 9 years of BJP govt in power, from May 15 to June 15.

"MPs have been asked to campaign in their constitutions through any mode. BJP national president JP Nadda and PM Modi gave instructions to MPs in the BJP Parliamentary Party Meeting. April 6 is marked as the Foundation Day of the BJP. We will celebrate the week from 6th April to April 14 (the birthday of BR Ambedkar) as social justice week," he said.

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