‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’: PM appreciates Salman Khan again for his efforts!

Narendra Modi with Salman Khan during a kite flying festival last year.

Mumbai: Salman Khan , who was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, last year for ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ or the ‘Clean India Campaign’, received appreciation from the man himself yet again Tuesday.

As India celebrated its 66th Republic Day on Monday, the Bollywood star took to his Facebook page to announce that he would nominate 100 followers every month to take up the cleanliness drive and contribute towards building Clean India. His Facebook post read:

Post by Salman Khan.

The PM acknowledged Salman's efforts and tweeted:

Once again, @BeingSalmanKhan makes a distinct & appreciable effort towards a Clean India. I congratulate him. https://t.co/85eQ11UOXC — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 27, 2015

Salman had earlier put up pictures of his efforts during the cleanliness drive in which he had participated, following the nomination by the Prime Minister.

I started with Karjat yesterday. Yeh Dekho photo’s pic.twitter.com/qgStiMqeEr — Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) October 22, 2014

I started with Karjat yesterday. Yeh Dekho photo’s pic.twitter.com/qgStiMqeEr — Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) October 22, 2014

Salman had nominated the following people:

And I nominate Aamir Khan, Azim Premji, Chanda Kochhar, Omar Abdullah, Pradeep Dhoot, Rajat Sharma, Rajinikanth & Vineet Jain. — Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) October 22, 2014