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In Pics: Narendra Modi at Assi ghat in Varanasi

New Delhi: Picking up a spade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign in his Lok Sabha constituency removing silt deposited along the banks of the River Ganga here and nominated


"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", Modi told reporters at the ghat.

The Prime Minister said that like in Delhi, where he had launched the campaign by nominating nine celebrities, he had chosen an equal number of renowned persons in UP to carry forward the drive.

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.