New Delhi, July 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday came down hard on the Central Ministers who skipped their Parliament duty and sought a list of the absentee Ministers.

Addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, the Prime Minister indicated that the Parliament session, slated to conclude on July 26, could be extended if required for legislative purposes.

Modi asked MPs and Ministers to attend Parliament regularly and take their roster duties seriously. The PM is learnt to have told the Parliamentary Minister and the party leadership that he be informed if there is dereliction of duty by Ministers or MPs.

Ministers are required to be present in both the Houses to answer queries of the Opposition and give clarifications ...