Picking up a spade, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday Nov 08,2014 launched the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign in his Lok Sabha constituency removing silt deposited along the banks of the River Ganga and nominated 9 persons, including Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, to carry forward the drive in UP.
The nine persons named by him included the UP Chief Minister, party MP and Bhojpuri Singer Manoj Tiwari, Sufi singer Kailash Kher, stand-up comedian Raju Srivastava and cricketers Suresh Raina and Mohd Kaif
The remaining three persons nominated by the PM were - founder and Chancellor of the University for the Blind at Chitrakoot, Swami Rambhadracharya, noted Sanskrit scholar Devi Prasad Dwivedi and writer Manu Sharma, best known for his book - Krishn Ki Atmakatha (autobiography of Lord Krishna).
Narendra Modi initiated the cleanliness drive at Assi Ghat, the oldest ghat of Varanasi, where he dug vigorously with a spade, removing the silt that had gathered there.
"I have come here to exhort the people of Kashi to become active participants in removing filth from the ghats along the Ganges. I have been assured by social organisations here that in one month's time all the ghats will become spotlessly clean. I expect that the words will translate into deeds",Narendra Modi told
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