Yogi Adityanath picked up the broom today as he arrived at the spectacular Taj Mahal in Agra amid a series of controversial statements by some leaders and ministers from his party, the BJP, against the 17th-century monument including denouncing it as "a blot on Indian culture". He swept a small area outside the Taj, wearing gloves and a baseball hat, as part of a campaign to encourage public cleanliness. The spot had been left dirty for the photo op, the areas around it had been thoroughly cleaned before the Yogi's arrival