Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has launched a special cleanliness drive in Parliament and urged the MPs to take the zeal of the campaign to every village in the country.
Mr Birla said the commencement of the Swachhata Abhiyan in the Parliament House was an endeavour to spread the message of cleanliness envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Swachhata Abhiyan was earlier launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to coincide with the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi which falls on October 2.
Mr Birla said MPs were the representatives of 130 crore people in Parliament and had an important role to spread awareness about cleanliness.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that this was the first time that such an initiative took place in the Parliament as he congratulated Mr Birla for the effort.
The members also paid floral tributes at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and took a pledge to spread the message of cleanliness.
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