Amitabh, Jaya, Parineeti pledge their time for Swachh Bharat campaign
18 Jan 2016 9:32 AM IST
Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya, campaigned for Swachh Bharat initiative on a news channel on Sunday. Photo: Viral Bhayani- Mika Singh also performed at the show.
- The actress is currently gearing up for her next film, that is believed to be the Sania Mirza biopic.
- Parineeti Chopra said, \"Change (in our attitudes) needs to come from within us.\"
- Suresh Raina, who is the Swachh Ambassador of Uttar Pradesh said, \"Time is of essence, whatever needs to be done has to be done now.\"
- The musician also said that the campaign should have started 50 years ago.
- Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Amaan and Ayaan lent their support to the Swachh India campaign and even performed live for the audience.
- \"In a little over six-months, we recently succeeded in making Muthavakuntlapalli of Kanaganipalli mandal in Andhra Pradesh a self-sustaining village\", Vivek Oberoi said at the event.
- He added, “It is imperative that the initiative witnesses cleanliness in quantitative and qualitative measures.â€
- Baba Ramdev also added in a valid point stating that the campaign shouldn't just be used as a photo-op.
- At the event Jaya said, “We not only need to teach the children about Swachhta, but also their parents, we cannot leave them out.â€
- The campaign aims at getting people, both young and old to lend their time to the cause.
- Joining him was Reckitt Benckiser's South Asia Reginal Director, Nitish Kapoor, who committed 20,000 hours on behalf of his organisation.
- Being the face of the campaign, Amitbah took the lead and pledged 50 hours this year to clean up drives to achieve the goal of Swachh India.
- It was Amitabh vs. Amitabh, as the actor debated on the Swachh Bharat topic with his rubber look-alike.
- The campaign aims to get people to pledge their time to join the clean-up drives across India, through the year.
- Bollywood celebrities, and prominent faces from sports, music, business fields and even spiritual gurus joined in to lend their support to the cause.
- The actor, who is the ambassador for the campaign, attended the show to promote the 12-hour Banega Swachh India Cleanathon.
Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya, campaigned for Swachh Bharat initiative on a news channel on Sunday. Photo: Viral Bhayani
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