TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Noting that “single use” plastic is dangerous for the future of the country as well as the world, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday appealed to the people to shun polythene bags and use jute or cotton bags instead.
“I appeal mothers and sisters to shun the use of polythene and use bags of jute or cotton to buy things from the market,” Shah said. Shah said this after launching a countrywide Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “Sankalp Yatra” here.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government was determined to make the country free from single use plastic, and urged that the responsibility is now on the shoulders of the BJP workers and the people to achieve this.
Amit Shah said that each elected party leader and worker would start a 15-day long “padyatra” from Wednesday till October 31 covering a distance of 150 km in their respective areas to spread the Mahatma Gandhi”s teachings and principles to the people.
