Today early morning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi, died. She has been cremated in Gandhinagar. PM Modi, reached Gandhinagar early morning, performed the last rites. Heeraben Modi was 99.
“Smt Hiraba Modi passed away on 30/12/2022, at 3:39 am (early morning, during the treatment at UN Mehta Heart Hospital,” the hospital where she had been admitted since Wednesday said in a statement.
Informing about her death, 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.”
It is learnt that PM Modi will attend his programs scheduled before, to launch the developmental projects in West Bengal, may join the events through video conferencing.
Heeraben Modi lived with PM Modi’s younger brother Pankaj Modi at Raysan village near Gandhinagar.
The Prime Minister would regularly visit Raysan and spend time with his mother during most of his Gujarat visits.