Swachh Bharat: Tharoor responds positively to Modi’s call, Salman, Haasan to join in too
4 Oct 2014 6:30 AM IST
After keeping silent all day even after other invitees like Sachin Tendulkar and Priyanka Chopra accepted the PM’s challenge, the former union minister tweeted late on Thursday night that he was honoured to accept the invitation.
‘Honoured to accept the invitation of PM @narendramodi to join Clean India campaign. Just landed in Bucharest &heard d news. Action on return,’ he tweeted.
The second term Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram said he was on a flight to Romania when the announcement came and informed the Prime Minister’s office about his trip.
‘Informed @PMOIndia (that) I was on a flight to Romania to attend&address #BucharestForum when his announcement came. Back Sunday. Clean India is4all.’
Tharoor, who praised Modi a couple of occasions before, however, said he was not a fan of tokenism and the challenge would be to sustain it beyond a week of photo ops.
‘I am not a fan of tokenism. CleanIndia is a great campaign but challenge will be2sustain it beyond a week of photo ops. Mindsets must change,’ he tweeted.
Modi had asked nine persons, including Tharoor yesterday to join the Swachh Bharat campaign.
While the inclusion of Tharoor among the persons mentioned by Modi came as a surprise to many, the Congress party had downplayed it.
Actor Kamal Haasan on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting him to join the ‘Swachh Bharat’ cleanliness mission but gave a cautious response saying he was already involved in similar efforts which, he said, he will pursue ‘agnostic of party’.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has also accepted PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ challenge to clean public places.
Modi on Thursday appealed to people to dedicate 100 hours a year towards cleanliness, and as a part of which he also invited Bollywood stars Salman, Priyanka Chopra and Kamal Haasan to help clean public places.
‘Honoured to accept the invitation of PM @narendramodi to join Clean India campaign. Just landed in Bucharest &heard d news. Action on return,’ he tweeted.
The second term Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram said he was on a flight to Romania when the announcement came and informed the Prime Minister’s office about his trip.
‘Informed @PMOIndia (that) I was on a flight to Romania to attend&address #BucharestForum when his announcement came. Back Sunday. Clean India is4all.’
Tharoor, who praised Modi a couple of occasions before, however, said he was not a fan of tokenism and the challenge would be to sustain it beyond a week of photo ops.
‘I am not a fan of tokenism. CleanIndia is a great campaign but challenge will be2sustain it beyond a week of photo ops. Mindsets must change,’ he tweeted.
Modi had asked nine persons, including Tharoor yesterday to join the Swachh Bharat campaign.
While the inclusion of Tharoor among the persons mentioned by Modi came as a surprise to many, the Congress party had downplayed it.
Actor Kamal Haasan on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting him to join the ‘Swachh Bharat’ cleanliness mission but gave a cautious response saying he was already involved in similar efforts which, he said, he will pursue ‘agnostic of party’.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has also accepted PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ challenge to clean public places.
Modi on Thursday appealed to people to dedicate 100 hours a year towards cleanliness, and as a part of which he also invited Bollywood stars Salman, Priyanka Chopra and Kamal Haasan to help clean public places.
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