Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in the US Saturday, preached his cleanliness message through a simple gesture which is winning hearts of the netizens. On his arrival at the George Bush Intercontinental airport for the “Howdy, Modi” community event, PM Modi was presented with a bouquet of flowers by an American dignitary. A flower fell off the bouquet and to everyone’s surprise, Modi bent down and picked it up himself. His gesture was much appreciated on social media platforms. “Where PM Narendra Modi spontaneously picks up a flower or a stem, which had fallen on the ground from a bouquet presented to him, and hands it over to his security staff. Simplicity!” a user wrote on Twitter. The prime minister will be awarded the “Global Goalkeepers Award” at the Lincoln Centre by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for leadership in the field of sanitation through the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. He will be recognised for “the progress India is making in improving sanitation, as part of its drive toward achievement of the UN sustainable development goals”, according to the Gates Foundation, which has pointed out that globally, sanitation-related diseases kill nearly five lakh children annually.
