PM seeks Tharoor, Salman Khan’s help to clear garbage
3 Oct 2014 6:09 AM IST
More than the initiative to create a chain of eminent personalities in his bid to make ‘Swachh Bharat’ a people’s movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nomination of Congress leader Shahsi Tharoor and industrialist Anil Ambani to this chain which has got people talking. Tharoor known for his proximity to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the recent past has on more than one occasion sang paeans to the prime minister. Anil Ambani on the other hand is the estranged younger brother of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, who is reported to enjoy an exceptional rapport with the prime minister.
Others nominated by the PM are cricket icon and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar, film actors Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Kamal Hassan, Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, yoga guru Ramdev and the team of TV serial ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma’.
The internet-savvy prime minister appeared inspired by the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which had gone viral in recent months, as he asked the celebrities to nominate nine more people to join the campaign and hoped that the chain would continue. ‘I have invited nine people and asked them to come to public places and work towards a Clean India. I ask them to invite nine more people too...I am sure these nine people will do the work and each will invite nine more people to form a chain and clean the country,’ Modi said.
Others nominated by the PM are cricket icon and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar, film actors Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Kamal Hassan, Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, yoga guru Ramdev and the team of TV serial ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma’.
The internet-savvy prime minister appeared inspired by the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which had gone viral in recent months, as he asked the celebrities to nominate nine more people to join the campaign and hoped that the chain would continue. ‘I have invited nine people and asked them to come to public places and work towards a Clean India. I ask them to invite nine more people too...I am sure these nine people will do the work and each will invite nine more people to form a chain and clean the country,’ Modi said.
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