Modi visits Rajghat, pays tributes to Gandhi

New Delhi, Oct 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rajghat -- the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi -- Thursday morning to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation on his birth anniversary.

Modi visited Rajghat ahead of the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

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Modi had declared that the mission will be launched Oct 2 and that a "clean India" will be the best tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.

Gandhi had a penchant for cleanliness in his personal habits and strongly promoted it in society.

IANS