On Mahatma Gandhi's 150th, here's Rajnath Singh's 'cleanliness oath'

Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh, administered a cleanliness oath to people at an event organised in Delhi Cantonment on occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday. In oath, y pledged to spread mess of Swachh Bharat Mission and urged people to clean every vill and street. Earlier in day  defence minister also remembered Mahatma Gandhi for successfully shaping destiny of India. He also paid his tribute to Mahatma Gandhi over Twitter in morning.  

Cleanliness Oath 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh read oath by saying, "I will neir pollute environment r let anyone do that. I will spread mess of Swachh Bharat Mission to every corner of every vill and street. I will administer this oath to 100 people. step taken by me towards cleanliness will keep my surroundings clean, that would help to maintain India clean".  

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Tributes paid to Mahatma Gandhi 

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also paid hom to Far of Nation. Or leaders including Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani also reached Rajghat to pay respects to Gandhi. Both Congress and BJP are organising a number of events throughout country to mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Home Minister Amit Shah also spoke at commencement of extension of 'Gandhi Sankalp Yatra' on Gandhi Jayanti.

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Amit Shah on cleanliness at ‘Gandhi Sankalp Yatra’ 

 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has extended its Gandhi Sankalp Yatra by a period of three months. As per circular sent to leaders, Yatra will w be a 120-day exercise and will culminate on January 31, 2020.  Amit Shah talking about PM Modi’s efforts to follow Gandhian principles in spreading mess of cleanliness said, “Narendra Modi Ji, while he was Chief Minister of Gujarat and while he is  Prime Minister of India, has always upheld significance of Gandhian principles. Gandhi Ji was always in  lead when it came to cleanliness. re would have been hardly any Prime Ministers in past who made cleanliness a mass movement. But our Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned cause of cleanliness into a mass movement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one who enabled all houses in India to have a toilet and he was one who imbibed importance of a clean India in minds of small children.” 

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