He was speaking at a BJP programme to mark the completion of 15-day drive for cleanliness.
"Three years ago, PM Modi had resolved to make the country clean and today it has turned into a people's movement," Adityanath said.
He said that by 2022, when the country will celebrate 75 years of Independence and the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the target would be removing all social ills and poverty.
"By then (2022) we will have realised the dream of Swachh Bharat Shreshta Bharat, which is possible only through people's participation".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014 launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive - "Swachh Bharat mission".
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