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PM Modi meets mother Heeraben Modi on her birthday; ‘If my father had been…’
PM Modi penned a few thoughts on the occasion of his mother's 100th birthday on Saturday. “If my father had been alive, he too would have celebrated his 100th birthday last week. 2022 is a special year as my mother’s centenary year is starting, and my father would have completed his,” he wrote.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning visited his mother Heeraben Modi in Gandhinagar on the occasion of her birthday. Born on June 18, 1923, PM Modi's mother entered the 100th year of her life on Saturday. PM Modi tweeted a blog post in which he penned his thoughts expressing joy and gratitude on the occasion of his mother's 100th birthday and said that had his father been alive, he would have completed his centenary in 2022.
“Just last week, my nephew shared a few videos of Mother from Gandhinagar. A few youngsters from the society had come home, my father’s photograph was kept on a chair, there was a kirtan, and Mother was immersed in singing bhajans while playing the manjeera. She is still the same - age may have taken a toll physically, but she is as mentally alert as ever,” PM Modi wrote.
“I have no doubt that everything good in my life, and all that is good in my character, can be attributed to my parents. Today, as I sit in Delhi, I am filled with memories from the past,” PM Modi wrote.
“Mother used to wash utensils at a few houses to help meet the household expenses. She would also take out time to spin the charkha to supplement our meagre income. She would do everything from peeling cotton to spinning yarn. Even in this back-breaking work, her prime concern was ensuring that the cotton thorns don’t prick us,” PM Modi recounted in his post.
On the occasion of PM Modi's mother's birthday, religious programmes will be organised in PM Modi's hometown Vadnagar praying for her long life and health, her family said. An 80-metre road in the Raysan area has been named as Pujya Hiraba Marg.
The family has also planned a bhandara (community meal) at the Jagannath temple on the occasion.
After meeting his mother, PM Modi will also visit the famous pilgrimage site of Pavagadh in the Panchmahal district.
PM Modi will visit Vadodara to attend Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyaan and to lay foundation stones for 18 projects of the Indian Railways worth ₹16,369 crore, a state government statement said. He will inaugurate five railway projects constructed at a cost of ₹10,749 crore and lay foundations for 13 other projects worth ₹5,620 crore and the new building of the Bhartiya Gati Shakti University (National Rail Transport Institute).
