National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday mockedthe cleanliness drive at the Parliament complex, saying it was one of thecleanest places in the country.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was respondingto a Swachh Bharat programme held inside the Parliament complex in whichseveral BJP MPs, including actor-turned-politician Hema Malini, could be seenwielding a broom. “But the Parliament complex is one of the cleanest places inthe country, especially when the sessions are on, so what were they sweeping?”Abdullah, a three-time member of the Lok Sabha, tweeted.

A short video of the Bollywood actor cleaning a road insidethe complex came in for severe criticism on social media as the broom of theMathura MP was not even touching the ground as she swept.“Ma’am please practicehow to wield the (broom) in private before your next photo op,” Abdullahtweeted. “This technique you’ve employed won’t contribute much to improvingcleanliness in Mathura (or anywhere else for that matter).” Pre-empting anycriticism, the NC vice-president said: “I knew sweeping the dormitories inSanawar (Himachal Pradesh) would be useful for something. I’m now qualified tocomment on the (sweeping) technique of others.”