New Delhi, December 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent live interaction programme with party workers at Puducherry turned out to be an embarrassment when a party karyakarta (worker) asked the PM about the Centre's policy of imposing more tax on the middle class adding to the burden on the middle class section. News reports say that Prime Minister’s Office will exercise greater caution from now onwards in deciding on the candidates as well as the questions for the programme. Rs 100 Coin Released by PM Narendra Modi in Memory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee; See Pic.

The Prime Minister's interaction is part of the 'My booth is a strong booth’ initiative by PM Modi, to connect with the party workers on the ground in various parts of India.

Those who want to ask questions to PM Narendra Modi will now have to shoot a video and send it two days ahead of the programme, which is held every Sunday.

A party insider was quoted saying by the Times of India that for every interaction with the Prime Minister, about 500 to 1000 questions are received from every constituency.

Those wanting to ask questions to the Prime Minister will now have to fill a google format form and mention information about themselves as well as the questions they want to ask.

Nirmal Kumar Jain, from Puducherry, had recently caused embarrassment to the Prime Minister after he said at the interaction that the Central government was focusing on tax collections, but did not offer the sops for the middle class.

Watch the Puducherry Video of Nirmal Kumar's Question Below:

PM Narendra Modi, who looked visibly taken aback by the question, quickly replied saying that his government was focussed on working for the common man. He added that this question was asked by Nirmal Kumar as he is a trader and it is only natural that he will ask such a question. PM Modi then ended the conference by saying "Puducherry ko Vanakkam."

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