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Nation pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 145th birth anniversary

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): The nation pays homage to Father of the Nation-Mahatma Gandhi on his 145th birth anniversary on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu paid floral tribute to 'Bapu' at the Rajghat in Delhi. Meanwhile, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by former Kerala Governor Shiela Dikshit also paid their homage to Father of the Nation at Rajghat. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan along with Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, VK Singh and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also visited Rajghat. The leaders paid floral tributes at Rajghat - the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of the River Yamuna. Oct 2, 2014
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Swachh Bharat Campaign: PM Modi wields broom at Valmiki Basti

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi symbolically wielded a broom at Valmiki Basti on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and reached out to all Indians to make cleanliness a mass movement. He cleared litter at the Basti and interacted with 'Safai Karamcharis'. Modi chose the Valmiki colony in Delhi's heart a place once home to Mahatma Gandhi -- to do the sweeping, in the company of party colleagues and officials. Modi has said that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan should clean up the country by 2019, the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Oct 2, 2014
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PM Modi pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 145th birth anniversary on Thursday. Prime Minister paid floral tributes at Rajghat-the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of the Yamuna river. Union Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu was also present on this occasion. A minute's silence was observed at the black stone memorial by Prime Minister Modi. Oct 2, 2014
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Prime Minister Modi to launch 'Swachh Bharat Mission' today

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): The country is all set to witness a majestic launch of 'Swachh Bharat Mission' by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today on the occasion of 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Prime Minister began his day first by paying floral tributes to Father of the Nation, Mahatama Gandhi at Rajghat. He will also visit Vijay Ghat to pay homage to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri whose birth anniversary coincides with Mahatma Gandhi. Anant Khasbardar of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, and Bhagyasri Sheth of Rajkot, Gujarat who won the contest for suggesting the logo and the tag line respectively for 'Swachh Bharat Mission', will also be felicitated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. Oct 2, 2014
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Central Delhi under tight security for 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' launch

New Delhi, Oct 01 (ANI): The national capital has been placed under strict security for 'Swachh Bharat Abhyan' campaign to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. The cleanliness drive is proposed to be implemented over a period of five years starting from October 2, 2014 in all 4041 statutory towns. In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had talked of the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign and called for India to be clean by October 2, 2019, Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Oct 1, 2014
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Narendra Modi's ministers wields broom a day ahead of launch of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'

New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministers walked the talk as they swept their New Delhi offices with brooms on Wednesday, a day ahead of the formal launch of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'. Clean India Mission which will officially kick off on October 02, birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, aims to completely clean India by October 2019. Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju picked up the broom and said that the nation had forgotten the importance of cleanliness. Oct 1, 2014
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Kejriwal invites people to take part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'

Ghaziabad, Oct 01 (ANI): AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday invited people to come out and take part in PM Narendra Modi's 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' which starts October 02, birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Kejriwal appealed the people to work as helpers to the cleaners and later have food with them too. He asked people to get to know the grievances of the cleaners and maintain the cleanliness work afterwards too. Kejriwal further said that AAP MLAs will participate in the drive in their respective constituencies and he too will do the same in his constituency. Earlier, the AAP chief had said that the central government had invited him and his party for the mission too. Oct 1, 2014