Bonhomie across party lines? Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his appreciation of  Assam CM Tarun Gogoi spearheading the Clean India movement, saying, "Glad to see Assam CM Tarun Gogoiji inspiring the people of Assam to work towards a Clean India."

On October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, the PM launched a countrywide five-year Clean India campaign, which urges citizens and obliges government officials to clean up public spaces and focus on introducing better sanitation.

The PM led by example, symbolically sweeping a narrow lane in North Delhi and then tackling garbage in a surprise check at a police station in the heart of the capital.

Gogoi had tweeted after sweeping a compound at a park where Durga Puja had been held: "Formally kicked off the Clean Assam Campaign in Guwahati city. It evoked a good response. Our Government had started the Clean Guwahati Campaign in February 2012."