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Modi meets party workers Sunday, thanks them

New Delhi: Narendra Modi Sunday met BJP workers for the first time after becoming the prime minister and thanked them for their efforts in helping the party win the Lok Sabha election.Addressing a gathering of

"I appreciate your hard work and it is because of your efforts, the workers who slog at the ground level, that we have won," he said.

Party sources said that full-time workers and staff at the party office here would be given three months' salary as an incentive.

Hailing BJP's impressive victory, Modi said it was the first time that the voters were not influenced by caste and religion and instead voted for "hope".

"If we pass the test of commitment to public welfare, people will hail us," he said.

Lauding the successful organization of the Lok Sabha poll, Modi said the Election Commission as well as political parties needed to do much more to promote the achievement worldwide.