On Mother’s Day 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi experienced a heartwarming incident at an election rally in West Bengal’s Hooghly. The prime minister’s mother passed away last year on December 30 at the age of 99 in Ahmedabad.
While addressing the rally, something unusual caught PM Modi’s eye — two portraits of him with his late mother, Heeraben Modi, a gift to mark Mother’s Day.
Moved by the supporters’ effort, PM Modi said, “There are two men here who have made two portraits. They have been standing while holding up the sketches. Your arms will pain, brothers. You have drawn portraits of my mother with so much love.”
He then requested the Special Protection Group (SPG) commandos to collect gifts from the men and said, “You write your name and address at the back of the portraits. I will write back to you. I want to thank both of you.”
At the rally, PM Modi said the “people in West celebrate this day as Mother’s Day”, but in India, “we worship our Mother, Ma Durga, Ma Kaali and Bharat Mata, 365 days a year”.
A few more people carried portraits of him and his mother at the rally.
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Published: 12 May 2024, 08:39 PM IST