Party upset as Mamata minister ‘joins’ Swachh Bharat mission

“I was told the programme was for controlling the traffic in the town, and when I went there I was handed over the broom. But, I did not know it was a Swachh Bharat Abhiyan programme. I was taken off-guard. But I will definitely give them a thorough dressing down,’’ Sinha told The Indian Express. The event was organised by an NGO based in Kolkata.

On Sinha’s participation, his ministerial colleague and party spokesperson Partha Chatterjee said he would look into the matter. Meanwhile, after joining the cleanliness mission, Chatterjee said, “This is one programme of Modi which I support wholeheartedly. At present, I am not keeping very well, but whenever I come out on some occasion I am appalled to see the condition at both Bolpur and Shantiniketan. They have become so dirty.. such filth and squalor littered around in Shantiniketan alone. If just 1 per cent of the Indian population takes the programme seriously, India will be much cleaner.’’