New Delhi, Aug 23 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today discussed poll strategy with BJP core groups from various states in view of the 2017 Assembly elections and asked the group members to make special efforts to create awareness about the government’s schemes for the downtrodden. Mr Modi was addressing the concluding session of the daylong workshop of BJP state core groups organised here to take stock of the political situation and organisational matters. The Prime Minister expressed the government’s commitment for the downtrodden and said the birth anniversary of Jan Sangh leader Pt Deendayal Upadhyay, which was falling on September 25 should be used as an occasion to spread the idea of ‘untodya’ (reaching out unto the last). The meeting, which was also addressed by party chief Amit Shah, was attended by top BJP leaders, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Next year, Assembly polls will be held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Gujarat and Odisha. Briefing mediapersons about the meeting, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar said that top party leaders held separate meetings with representatives of the states going to the polls. The workshop had been inaugurated earlier in the day by Mr Shah. On August 27, the BJP has called a meeting of Chief Ministers of the states ruled by the party. UNI NY-RBE SW 2106