Ambassadors

Ambassadors[edit]

Manisha Koirala at Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in November 2014

Cyclist on nationwide yatra to generate awareness about Swachhta Abhiyan, calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Selected public figures[edit]

Modi selected 9 public figures to propagate this campaign.^[13][14] They are:

• Sachin Tendulkar
• Priyanka Chopra
• Anil Ambani
• Aamir Khan
• Salman Khan
• Shashi Tharoor
• Kapil Sharma
• Katrina Kaif
• Virat Kohli

and the team of the television series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu picked up a broom to help clean the cyclone-hit port city of Visakhapatnam in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, as part of the cleanliness campaign.^[15][16]

Brand ambassadors[edit]

File:PM Modi participates in Shramdaan as part of Swachhta Abhiyan at Assi Ghat, Varanasi

Venkaiah Naidu listed brand ambassadors in various fields:

• Pawan Kalyan^[17]
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• Amala (actress)
• K. Kavitha^[17]
• Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy
• Suddala Ashok Teja
• Pullela Gopichand
• Humpy Koneru
• Galla Jayadev
• Nithin
• V. V. S. Laxmana
• J. Rameshwar Rao
• Shivlal Yadav
• B. V. R. Mohan Reddy
• Lakshmi Manchu^[18]

On 2 October 2014, Prime Minister Modi nominated nine people including

• Comedian Kapil Sharma,
• Former captain of Indian cricket team Sourav Ganguly
• Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi for taking forward his 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan'.
• Padmanabha Acharya, Nagaland Governor
• Sonal Mansingh, classical dancer
• Ramoji Rao of Eenadu group
• Aroon Purie of the India Today group.

He also nominated some organisations, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Eenadu and India Today Besides dabbawala of Mumbai, who deliver home-made food to lakhs of people in the city.^{[clarification needed]}

On 8 November 2014, Modi carried the message to Uttar Pradesh and nominated another set of nine people for the state.^[19][20]

• Akhilesh Yadav
• Swami Rambhadracharya
• Manoj Tiwari
• Mohammad Kaif
• Deviprasad Dwivedi
• Raju Srivastava
• Suresh Raina
• Kailash Kher

More than 3 million government employees and school and college students are to participate in the drive.^[4][21]

So as always stay fit and keep India Clean!