NEW DELHI: Reaching out the citizens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took the 'Swachh Bharat' pledge, inviting everyone to participate in the movement and make it a success. " Swachh Bharat mission is beyond politics. It is inspired by patriotism and not politics," Modi said.Stating that he has invited nine people to join him in the mission, Modi said that these people should in turn contact another set o people to make the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign successful. "I have invited 9 people and asked them to come to public places and work towards a Clean India. I urge them to invite nine more people," Modi said. "I have invited Sachin Tendulkar, Shashi Tharoor, Anil Ambani, Salman Khan, Baba Ramdev, the team of 'Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma', among others," Modi added."Is cleaning only the responsibility of the Karamcharis? Do citizens have no role here? We have to change this mindset," Modi urged. "All governments have done something or the other to achieve cleanliness in the country; I greet all of them for this," Modi said.Modi was joined by Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on stage at Rajpath as he addressed the nation on the Clean India drive. Wielding a broom, Modi launched the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign, a cleanliness drive across India, on Gandhi Jayanti After paying tributes at the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries, Modi himself swept a pavement at Valmiki Basti, a colony of sanitation workers, before the formal launch of the 'Clean India' drive at Rajpath.While launching the mission at Mandir Marg, he also made a surprise visit at the local police station to check on cleanliness. Accompanied by officials, the Prime Minister collected the garbage and put it in a bin. He later interacted with the children there."I bow to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.... Gandhi ji's thoughts and beliefs remain a great inspiration for us. Let us dedicate ourselves to building the India of Gandhi ji's dreams," he said in a series of tweets.He also recalled Shastri's famous 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' slogan.More than 2,500 students from close to 50 government schools in Delhi took the ' Swachhta Shapath ' along with Modi as he inaugurated his ambitious 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.Around 2,700 students from 44 government schools read from the 'pledge paper' along with the prime minister at India Gate and are also taking part in a 3-km long 'walkathon' which is being held as part of the launch of the cleanliness mission.(With inputs from PTI)