Uttar Pradesh will be celebrating the 67th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with grandeur on Sunday with the Yogi Adityanath government as well as the BJP gearing up to make the occasion a historic event.
The Chief Minister would be present in Varanasi - the lok Sabha constituency of the Prime Minister to celebrate the occasion, while several BJP leaders, Union and state ministers would lead celebrations at different places of the state with the launch of ‘ Swachhata hi Sewa hai’ programme which will continue till Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2. All cities would organise a unique ‘Swachhata Marathon’.
In lucknow, a local BJP leader has erected a 110 feet high cut-out of the PM which will be put in front of Vidhan Sabha creating enthusiasm among the people. The BJP leaders would also join primary school children in launching ‘Swachhata ke Sewa hai’. October 2, 2017 will mark the third anniversary of Swachhta Mission started by the Union government.
All BJP leaders have been asked to adopt a government primary school to celebrate the PM’s birthday function with the students either on Sunday, September 17 or the next day.
leaders have been asked to fund all expenses from their own resources for renovation and development of primary schools besides holding the function. Around 1000 primary schools in the state have been selected by the BJP leaders for the function. State BJP general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said on Saturday that the focus of the function would be on cleanliness drive. He said that the CM would be in Varanasi on Sunday where celebrations would be held in the morning. On October 2, a Swacchata Marathon will be organised in the cities. Pathak, who himself would be in Azamgarh on Sunday, said that other leaders who would lead the programme in different districts were— Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya at Bareilly, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma in Jhansi, state BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey at Ghaziabad, Union minister Shiv Pratap Shukla in Noida and Union minister Satyapal Singh at Baghpat. The UP government too has joined the campaign through its ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa Hai’ campaign from September 17 to October 2 and ensure 100 per cent participation of village pradhans, legislators and common people. Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar has directed for appointment of nodal officers for the programme in each block. During the drive efforts would be made to reach out to the families of freedom fighters and special events would be organised under their leadership.