After CM Adityanath’s cleanliness push, UP minister Upendra Tiwari picks up broom

Days after UP chief minister administered cleanliness pledge to state officials, one of his ministers, Upendra Tewari, on Thursday picked up a broom and swept his office in the state legislature.

A day after UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath emphasised on cleanliness, his cabinet colleague Upendra Tiwari on Thursday picked up a broom to clean his office in the state legislature, pictures of which were shared on social media.

UP Minister Upendra Tiwari sweeping the floor of his office at the state secretariat in Lucknow on Thursday, March 23, 2017. (PTI)

Armed with a broom and a mop, the minister swept the floor of his office and the corridor leading to it in the Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow, which houses the state legislature.

Tiwari is the minister of state (Independent charge) for environment, water supply, land development and water resources and forest.

UP Minister Upendra Tiwari at his office in the state legislature. (PTI)

A stickler for cleanliness, Adityanath had administered a cleanliness pledge to officials a day after he took over as the Uttar Pradesh CM and asked them to ensure that the pledge is effectively implemented on the lines of Swachh Bharat Mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The chief minister on Wednesday banned the use of pan and tobacco products in schools, colleges, hospitals and other government buldings.