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Swachh Bharat Mission: Sachin accepts Modi's invitation

| | Oct 03, 2014, at 04:25 am
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IBNS) Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to join the 'Swachh Bharat Mission'.

"I humbly accept the challenge," Tendulkar tweeted.

As a part of his Swachh Bharat Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited nine eminent personalities to join his drive.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted: " Honoured to accept the invitation of PM @narendramodi to join Clean India campaign. Just landed in Bucharest &heard d news. Action on return ."

" Informed @PMOIndia I was on a flight to Romania to attend&address #BucharestForum when his announcement came. Back Sunday.Clean India is 4 all," he said.

Bollywood superstars Aamir Khan and Priyanka Chopra have already accepted Modi's invitation to join the campaign.

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