New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS): Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday Dec 25 will be observed as "Good Governance Day", Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday.

The prime minister also told BJP MPs not to undertake any activity "for the purpose of display or show. It should be a genuine act".

Briefing the media on the Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentary board's meeting, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy said all party MPs will devote an hour for sanitation Dec 25.

He said Modi will be in Varanasi Dec 25 and take part in a sanitation drive.

Modi told the parliamentarians to monitor the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and asked them about their interest in sports.

BJP president Amit Shah, who also addressed the meeting, asked the parliamentarians to step up efforts to recruit at least 10 crore members in the party.

"The target is 10 crore from the existing four crore," Rudy said.

Rudy said a victory for the BJP was "most important" in Delhi and added that it will hold 2,000 "small, big public meetings" by the third week of December.

The meetings will be addressed by almost all the 325 BJP MPs in the two house of parliament.

He said the party's online membership had crossed one crore.

Rudy said each Rajya Sabha member had been asked to adopt at least one Lok Sabha seat which the BJP had never won and nurture it.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu complimented Modi for his "successful" visits to Australia and Nepal. A booklet was released on Modi's visits.

On the Good Governance Day, a core committee had been formed with Rudy and party leader Ananth Kumar as members to work on the various suggestions.

Rudy said the parliamentarians will have meetings with the core committee over the next three days to give their ideas on good governance.

Asked about complaints by opposition MPs about the absence of the prime minister from the Rajya Sabha, Rudy said Modi keeps track of parliament. "I don't think that is an issue."