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In Pics: Narendra Modi flags off 'Run for Unity'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday flagged off an enthusiasm-filled Run for Unity and himself briskly walked down Rajpath after paying rich tributes to free India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.Modi led the nation in

While some officials who are of the sporty kind were in full sports gear, with jogging tracksuits and shoes, most others wore jogging shoes.

Most government officials, who came attired in sporting gear for the run, brought along their formal office attire too in order to quickly change before entering office at 9 a.m.

Subhash, an official of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, said he kept the change of clothes in his car and would change before attending office.

Keeping in mind the piles of strewn plastic bottles, wrappers and paper plates on Rajpath lawns that had fetched bad publicity Oct 2 when the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India campaign was launched by Modi, the crowd gathered for the Run for Unity was requested not to litter.