Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today warned his party's ministers in Jammu and Kashmir that they could be denied tickets in the next elections if they did not reach out to the people and address their grievances.

"Our ministers are sitting here. They are doing a good job, but there are complaints against them. I want to tell them that you are ministers and MLAs, but this is your party and you have to listen to them (people).

"And if you do not listen to them, then it is your decision, and remember this that when tickets will be distributed (in next elections) you will be at loss. And if you go to people, listen to them and do their work, you will benefit," Rahul told workers at the party headquarters in Srinagar.

He said the workers are the party's "back bone" and respecting them amounted to respecting people of the state. "They (workers) are our back bone. They fight our battle and whoever the leader -- be that Ambika Soni or Saifuddin Soz -- one has to respect them, because if we do not respect them, we cannot respect the people of Jammu and Kashmir," he said.