Modi praises Salman Khan on 'Swachh Bharat' drive

New Delhi, Oct 22: Prime Minister

Wednesday praised Bollywood superstar

for joining the "

" campaign and hoped it will be an inspiration for others.

"The effort by Salman Khan is a significant, one that will inspire several people to join Swachh Bharat Mission," Modi tweeted.

The effort by @BeingSalmanKhan is a significant one that will inspire several people to join Swachh Bharat Mission. #MyCleanIndia

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 22, 2014

Salman Khan contributed to the nationwide campaign by cleaning a part of Karjat in Mumbai Tuesday. He even shared pictures of himself with his team which also comprised of actor Neil Nitin Mukesh wielding the broom and sweeping the area.

I started with Karjat yesterday. Yeh Dekho photo’s pic.twitter.com/qgStiMqeEr

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) October 22, 2014

I once again thank @narendramodi for taking up the Swachh Bharat initiative and nominating me.

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) October 22, 2014

He first nominated his Facebook fans and Twitter followers, saying "each one of us can make a difference".

First, I nominate my fans on Facebook and followers on Twitter. Each one of us can make a difference.

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) October 22, 2014

And I nominate Aamir Khan, Azim Premji, Chanda Kochhar, Omar Abdullah, Pradeep Dhoot, Rajat Sharma, Rajinikanth & Vineet Jain.

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) October 22, 2014

He further nominated eight people and tweeted: "I nominate Aamir Khan, Azim Premji, Chanda Kochhar, Omar Abdullah, Pradeep Dhoot, Rajat Sharma, Rajinikanth and Vineet Jain."

Modi launched the campaign to make a clean place Oct 2, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary.

IANS