GANDHI JAYANTI: PM MODI LIVE UPDATES

Today India marks the 148th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and it is also the third year of the Swachh Bharat mission. PM Narendra Modi addressed a Swachh Bharat awards event in Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan., Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu uncovered Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Rajghat, while PM Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind paid respects to the Father of the Nation.

"The media will depiction those who go up against Clean India campaign. The call for a cleaner India is rising across India. The political satraps are quivering because of it. When people see one part of the country following it, the others ask their leader why no initiatives for a cleaner India are taking place near them," says PM Narendra Modi.

"I know Mahatma Ji's way can never be wrong. We will face our problems and work towards triumph over them. When the country accepts it, one is forced into accepting the Clean India campaign. No one can be against it. Today's campaign is for the people of India. I don't claim this to be a government initiative, this is for the country," says PM Narendra Modi.

"Just because there are difficulties, should we let it be? It's not like we have not contributed to the muck, but we ironically do cleanliness. Even if there are one lakh Mahatma Gandhi's and Narendra Modi's, we cannot achieve a Clean India, unless 1.25 billion people come together," says PM Narendra Modi.

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