PM Modi’s mother casts vote in Gujarat

PTI Updated - April 23, 2019 at 01:05 PM.

The 95-year-old exercised her franchise at Raisan village

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being blessed by his nonagenarian mother Hiraba as he meets her before casting his vote, during the third phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in Gandhinagar, on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraba on Tuesday cast her vote for the Lok Sabha polls at a booth in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district.

Hiraba, 95, who lives with her younger son Pankaj Modi at Raisan village, located around 10 km from Gandhinagar city, arrived at the polling booth set up in the gram panchayat and exercised her franchise.

She was accompanied by her Pankaj Modi and other family members.

Earlier during the day, when the prime minister met her before casting his vote, she gave him a shawl, sweets and a coconut and blessed him for his victory in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

Published on April 23, 2019 07:31