West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed condolences over the demise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben
Kolkata (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed condolences over the demise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben.
“Condolences to PM Narendra Modi Ji on the passing away of his mother, Heeraben Modi. I pray that her soul rests in peace. In this hour of grief, I hope that he and his family members find strength,” Banerjee said in a tweet. The Prime Minister performed the last rites of his mother Heeraben Modi in Gandhinagar. PM Modi, who had reached Gandhinagar early this morning, consigned the mortal remains of his mother Heeraben Modi to fire along with his brothers.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, former CM Vijay Rupani, and Cabinet Ministers of Gujarat were present for Hiraba Modi’s last rites.
Heeraben Modi, 100, passed away at around 3:30 am today at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, according to a bulletin from the hospital. She was hospitalised on Wednesday after her health deteriorated.
Informing about her demise, the Prime Minister posted a heartfelt tweet early this morning,
“A glorious century rests at the feet of God… In Maa, I have always felt that trinity, which contains the journey of an ascetic, the symbol of a selfless Karmayogi and a life committed to values.”
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PM Modi recalled his visit to his mother on her 100th birthday this year.
“When I met her on her 100th birthday, she said one thing, which is always remembered that work with intelligence, live life with purity, that is, work with intelligence and live life with purity,” PM Modi tweeted.
Several leaders and ministers expressed their condolences on the demise of PM Modi’s mother.
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