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Shazia Ilmi, Satish Upadhyay’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan exposed: Trash dumped before clean-up

They say pictures don't lie. This set of pictures shot outside the India Islamic Centre in New Delhi show municipality staffers littering a pavement with garbage, only to be cleaned by BJP leader Satish Upadhayay and Shazia Ilmi.

Updated: November 6, 2014 16:10 IST

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They say pictures don't lie. This set of pictures shot outside the India Islamic Centre in New Delhi show municipality staffers littering a pavement with garbage, only to be cleaned by BJP leader Satish Upadhayay and Shazia Ilmi as part of Narendra Modi's highly publicised Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Seen here: Municipal staffers wait for garbage to be dumped. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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A man empties a garbage bin. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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The man scatters the garbage. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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BJP leader Satish Upadhayay and Shazia Ilmi participated in the event. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Swachh Bharat campaign on October 2, 2014. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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NDMC staffers clean the garbage. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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NDMC staffers clean the garbage. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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BJP leader Satish Upadhayay, Shazia Ilmi and others clean the pavement littered minutes ago. (Source: Express Photo by Premnath Pandey)

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