New Delhi, Mar 20 (NDTV): Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants BJP workers to use the social media to reach out to the people and inform them of the work being done by the party and the government. The party leaders, he said, should act as a bridge between the workers and the government.

Prime Minister Modi, in his 30-minute address to the members of the BJP National Executive on Saturday, told the BJP leaders, "It is your responsibility to ensure that the suggestions of the workers reach the government."

The Prime Minister advised party leaders to hold weekly meetings with the workers. "We should listen to the workers' suggestions," he said. Mr Modi cautioning against the party alienating workers.

Party chief Amit Shah said, "There should be weekly conversations with the workers."

This is the first meeting of the party's national executive after its defeat in the Bihar elections last year.

He said the party needs to focus on getting information on the schemes and programmes of the government to the people. In a meeting earlier this week, of the party's lawmakers from Uttar Pradesh - Prime Minister Modi is one of them - the prime minister had expressed dismay over the Parliamentarians not being aware of the programmes of the government.

How many of the party's 71 Lok Sabha MPs from UP had a list of villages in their constituencies where electricity has reached under his government's Deendayal Jyotigram scheme, PM Modi had asked. No lawmaker raised a hand.

He had then asked how many had bothered to download a mobile app launched by the Prime Minister's Office last year, which provides comprehensive information on the government's achievements and initiatives, apart from day to day updates from the PM. No one said they had.

At the same meeting, held to review the party's situation in Uttar Pradesh where elections will be held early next year, Party president Amit Shah had spoken on the importance of a well-rounded social media strategy.