Amitabh Bachchan Praises PM Narendra Modi's 'Swachhata Hi Seva' Movement!
Amitabh Bachchan praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Swachhata Hi Seva' movement, which started off on September 15, 2018, and lent his support towards the cause.
Amitabh
Bachchan
praised
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi's
'Swachhata
Hi
Seva'
movement,
which
started
off
today,
on
September
15,
2018,
and
lent
his
support
towards
the
cause.
He
heaped
praises
on
Modi's
efforts
to
make
India
clean
and
also
stated
that
he
first-hand
witnessed
the
Versova
beach
in
Mumbai
being
clean.
The
Thugs
Of
Hindostan
star
also
urged
his
fans
to
join
the
cause
and
promote
awareness
about
cleanliness
to
one
and
all.
During
the
launch
of
the
movement,
Amitabh
Bachchan
opened
up
by
saying,
"Four
years
ago,
you
(Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi)
introduced
the
nation
to
Swachh
Bharat
Mission
and
I
also
became
a
part
of
it
as
an
Indian
citizen.
I
have
been
associated
with
various
cleanliness
campaigns
including
a
campaign
to
clean
a
beach
(Versova),
here
in
Mumbai."
There
Was
Only
Garbage
Visible
At
The
Beach!
"I
was
shocked
to
see
the
condition
there.
We
could
just
not
see
the
beach
as
the
only
thing
visible
was
garbage." Big
B
further
stated
that
the
beach
has
been
cleaned
and
efforts
are
being
made
to
maintain
the
same
level
of
cleanliness
throughout.
Prime
Minister
Modi
Praised
Amitabh
Bachchan
He
said,
"I
have
been
seeing
your
work
related
to
this
mission
since
I
was
the
Chief
Minister
of
Gujarat.
I
still
remember,
two
years
ago,
you
had
associated
your
late
father
and
celebrated
writer
Harivansh
Rai
Bachchan's
birth
anniversary
with
the
cleanliness
mission."
Swachh
Bharat
Mera
Parichay
"You
had
written
a
line
from
his
poem
that
read,
'Swachh
tan,
'Swachh
mann,
'Swachh
Bharat,
mera
parichay'.
I
am
grateful
to
you
for
inspiring
the
nation
with
this
line
of
the
great
poet," the
Prime
Minister
summed
it
up.
PM
Sent
2000
Personalised
Letters
PM
Narendra
Modi
also
sent
out
2000
personalised
letters
to
the
citizens
from
different
walks
of
life
and
invited
them
all
to
join
the
'Swachhata
Hi
Seva'
movement
and
further
strengthen
the
Swachh
Bharat
Mission.