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Indian Prime Minister Invites Country to #CleanIndia

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GETTY 102414 IndiaMap?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1412266513138iStock/Thinkstock(NEW DELHI) — President Obama’s doing it. Indian celebrities are doing it. And so are India’s Twitter users.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a campaign to improve sanitation and hygiene in the country.

Twitter users tweeted photos of people holding brooms and other ways they are “cleaning up” with the hashtag #CleanIndia.

On Monday, Obama and Modi penned an op-ed in the Washington Post, emphasizing the partnership between their two countries and the U.S.’ support for the “Clean India” campaign.


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