Question

2. Mahatma Gandhi used to say: 'So long as you do not take the broom and the
bucket in your hands, you cannot make your towns and cities clean'. Why did he
say so? State the reason.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Any initiative which we want has to be started first by ourselves.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Cleanliness is the Gandhian form of living. Gandhiji always insisted on cleanliness he did that by setting an example.  

He used to clean his toilet himself. This way he taught cleanliness. He was a man who preached what he practiced. That is the reason he says if we keep our home neat and clean, it will help us to keep the city clean.  

Gandhiji’s words everybody must be his own scavenger. Gandhiji was the torchbearer of cleanliness and sanitation. Gandhiji felt cleanliness is more important than independence.  

So, he says that only if we clean our home, we can keep our city clean and cleanliness is the prime thing for a cleaner and safer India.