New Delhi: Chairman of Reliance Group Anil Ambani had picked up broom today and joins the Swachh Bharat campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rid the country of litter and rubbish. Anil Ambani will clean an area outside Church Gate station and invited nine prominent personalities which include Asian Games gold medalist boxer MC Mary Kom, Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Tennis star Sania Mirza to join initiative.
Notify that PM Modi had launched the Swachh Bharat campaign on 2 October and named nine celebrities which include Ambani, Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood Star Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kamal Hassan, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to take the initiative forward.
Modi tweeted, “Wonderful effort by Shri Anil Ambani, who cleaned the area around Churchgate Station in Mumbai along with his friends. #MyCleanIndia.”
Sources said others named by Ambani include columnist Shobha De, leading journalist Shekhar Gupta, lyricist Prasoon Joshi, Bollywood superhero Hrithik Roshan, Telugu superstar Nagarjuna and Runners Clubs of India.
Earlier on 2 October, Ambani said, “I am honoured to be invited by our respected Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi to join the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.’ I dedicate myself to this movement and will invite nine other leading Indians to join me in the Clean India campaign.”
Bureau Report
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