Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been one of the flagship programmes of PM Naren­dra Modi. With the PM often urging his ministers to do everything to make it a peo­ple’s movement, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently offered a quiet remi­nder about it. As he was leaving an event at a luxury hotel, he not­i­ced a piece of paper on the staircase leading to the exit. Vaishnaw picked the paper and handed it to the maintenance staff to the pleasant surprise of people around.

Bihar Lessons

After the Congress’s poor show in the Bihar elections, a section of leaders in Samaj­wadi Party has started conveying to their leadership about the need to revisit its alliance (with Congress) for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh polls. The leaders are learnt to have advised the SP high command it needs to finalise seat-

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