Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded Salman Khan for wielding the broom, saying the Bollywood star’s cleanliness initiative will “inspire” several people to join the Government’s ambitious ‘Swachchh Bharat’ Mission.
“The effort by Salman Khan is a significant, one that will inspire several people to join Swachh Bharat Mission,” Modi tweeted.
Salman Khan contributed to the nationwide campaign by cleaning a part of Karjat in Mumbai on Tuesday. He even shared pictures of himself with his team which also comprised of actor Neil Nitin Mukesh wielding the broom and sweeping the area.
He first nominated his Facebook fans and Twitter followers, saying “each one of us can make a difference”.
Salman has nominated eight people. They are actor Aamir Khan, industrialists Aziz Premji and Pradeep Dhoot, ICICI Bank’s Managing Director, Chanda Kochhar, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah, mediaperson Rajat Sharma, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth and Bennett, Coleman & Co’s Managing Director, Vineet Jain.