NEW DELHI: Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi’s message to the new lot MPs who have been elected is “do not lobby for ministerial" posts. He is learnt to have told the delegation of MPs from Karnataka who called on him on Sunday that even in Gujarat he did not encourage lobbying for ministerial berths and there is no point in doing it. With Modi staying over in the Capital for the last two days, many MPs who are all here to register with the Lok Sabha and attend the parliamentary party meeting are trying to meet him with their suggestions for ministries. But it has not been possible for Modi to meet all who came down to meet him.In fact, Modi asked the MPs from Karnataka led by B S Yeddyurrappa and Ananth Kumar that there is nothing in ministerial posts, rather the parliamentarians who have got elected should be putting in a lot of effort working for the party in their state, as there was much to do in the southern part of the country to improve BJP prospects there. Modi’s plans to make serious inroads in states like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, where BJP does not have much of a grip, are already being discussed in the party circles.Elaborating on his idea of extending BJP’s footprints in the southern states, Modi is learnt to have told the Karnataka MPs that efforts should be made to create a “Congress-free India,” which implied hat BJP leaders should work on how to finish off the Congress party’s influence in its traditional stronghold areas. For the purpose, Modi’s advice is to ensure that existing Congress leaders join the BJP camp, so that the party’s organisation crashes, and BJP replaces it. Clearly, Modi’s expansion plans for BJP across the country seems to have already started.