Stand-up comedian and host Kapil Sharma thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for nominating him to carry forward the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India campaign) and said he would dedicate himself to the cause.
“I thank PM @narendramodi Ji for this honour and responsibility. Will do my best for #swacchbharatabhiyaan,” Sharma posted on Twitter Thursday.
The host of one of the most popular Indian TV shows, Comedy Nights With Kapil, was Thursday named by the prime minister among nine people and organisations to spread the message of his Clean India campaign countrywide.
Modi made the announcement in Varanasi, where he inspected the progress of work at Assi Ghat.
Others named by Modi include Nagaland Governor Padmanabh Acharya, former police official Kiran Bedi, eminent classical dancer Sonal Mansingh, former Indian cricket team captain Saurav Ganguly, Eenadu group owner Ramoji Rao and his team, the India Today group and its head Arun Poorie, the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) and the Mumbai Dabbawallas.
Earlier, Modi named actors Kamal Haasan, Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan and the team of popular TV serial Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma for the campaign, which he launched on October 2 this year — Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
