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PM Modi mantra for Clean India: Invite people, take picture, upload on social media

About 31 lakh central government employees working across the country will take a pledge of cleanliness in various public functions.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday  launched his pet project and the biggest ever cleanliness drive the Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan from Rajpath, New Delhi. About 31 lakh central government employees working across the country will take a pledge of cleanliness in various public functions on Thursday as part of the Narendra Modi administration’s ‘Clean India’ campaign.

Here are the highlights from the event:

# PM Modi leads walkathon for Clean India.

# PM Modi concludes his speech.

# Actor Aamir Khan goes on stage along with Narendra Modi.

 


# PM Modi ends his speech. # It’s sad that still more than 60 per cent people defecate in the open. It pains me to see mothers and daughters doing the same. At least we can do this much to give them respect: Modi # Don’t trust my government, but trust Mahatma Gandhi’s devotion and dedication to cleanliness and Swachh Bharat: Modi # I have invited the team of ‘Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chasma’, Salman Khan, Sachin Tendulkar among a few to create awareness: Modi


# Invite people to clean up along with you and upload videos of it on social media: Modi


# This work is the responsibility of the people of India. It is not the work of ministers or NGOs alone, but of the common man: Modi


# Mahatma Gandhi did not go into every nook and corner of India to clean up. But he wanted to create awareness about it: Modi

# If you see garbage around you, take a photo, upload it and then clean it. Then take a video of the cleaning process and upload it on soical media: Modi

# If Indians can reach Mars with a minimum amount of expenditure, can Indians not pledge to uphold cleanliness: Modi

# It’s a very difficult task, but we have time till 2019 when we celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday: Modi

# Cleaning India is not the sole responsibility of the sweepers, is it not our responsibility as well? This situation needs to be changed: Modi

# With a positive frame of mind, I say that all the previous governments have attempted to undertake this campaign, but whosoever has initiated the work I want to thank them: Modi

# Mahatma Gandhi’s clean India campaign is unfulfilled: Modi

# PM Modi delivers speech at India Gate.

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# Keep your house and neighbourhood clean because that’s the only way you can keep country clean: Naidu

# Media should take this responsibility so that this campaign is highlighted in a proper way: Naidu

# I am confident that this campaign will sustain and will work out strategies that will work across the country: Naidu

# The PM wants this campaign to be a people’s campaign rather than a government campaign: Naidu

#Venkaiah Naidu now addressing the crowd at India Gate.

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# I want to assure the PM that when we celebrate Mahatma’s birthday in 2019, this campaign will be a success: Nitin Gadkari

# Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari addressing the crowd at India Gate.

# PM Modi cavalcade reaches India Gate.

# PM Modi picks up a broom and sweeps road in Valmiki Basti.

# PM Modi reaches Valmiki Colony, kicks off cleanliness drive

# AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal cleans up colony around PM’s residence.

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# PM Modi about to reach Valmiki Basti and visit a house where Mahatama Gandhi stayed.

 


 


# Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh pay tribute to Gandhi at Rajghat.


 


# Venkaiah Naidu, VK Singh and Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan also pay tribute to Gandhi

# PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Mahatama Gandhi at Rajghat, New Delhi.

 


Modi’s ‘Clean India’ campaign kicks off today

Rare Gandhi footage to help launch clean India campaign

Walking, running and flying kites for a cleaner India

Former ‘swachhata doot’ waits for a toilet in ‘open-defecation-free’ district

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