Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took part in a temple clean-up drive at Mumbai`s Mumbadevi temple in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s demand for national cleanliness ahead of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration. Fadnavis, along with other BJP officials, emphasised the importance of the project, inviting people of all faiths to participate in temple cleanliness drives, stated a report in ANI. 

He was quoted in ANI report as saying, "Our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has urged everyone to clean the temples across the country before the Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya. Under the same initiative, we too did a cleanliness drive at our Mumbai`s deity, Mumbadevi temple. I think this is a really good initiative and people of all religions should go to their places of faith and undertake this cleanliness drive."