New Delhi, Sep 14 (TIWN) Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday kicked-off the party's "seva saptah" (service week) as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday celebrations and appealed to citizens to shun the use of plastic.

Shah, along with the Bharatiya Janata Party Working President J.P. Nadda, senior party leader Vijay Goel and Vijender Gupta swept the floors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here as part of the ''seva saptah'' campaign. 

The party leaders also visited patients and children admitted in the hospital.  "I appeal to the citizens that in this ''Seva saptah'' which will run from September 14 to 20, the people of the country should take the pledge of cleanliness, shunning the use of single use plastic ans water conservation. They should also take a pledge to take these messages to the people of the country," Shah tweeted in Hindi.  While speaking to media, Shah said: "BJP workers across the country will begin celebrating ''seva saptah'' from today. Our Prime Minister has dedicated his entire life to serve the nation and has worked for the poor."