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Gazi Abbas Shahid
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Mother’s Day 2024: A pleasant surprise awaited Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday at a poll rally in West Bengal’s Hooghly as two of his supporters presented him with hand-drawn portraits of his late mother Heeraben Patel on the occasion of Mother’s Day.
The Prime Minister asked the Special Protection Group (SPG) commandos to collect the portraits from the two young men and thanked them for the heartwarming gesture.
“The people in the rally are here who made the picture of my mother. 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. I request SPG commandos to collect the pictures. Please mention your addresses at the back of the paper. SPG people take photos of my mother from both people. I want to thank both of you,” Modi said while expressing gratitude to the two men.
#WATCH | On the occasion of Mother's Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was gifted a portrait of his mother Late Heeraben Patel during his public rally in Hooghly, West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/4h6ctu6dj9
— ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2024
In one portrait, Modi is portrayed sitting on the floor with his hands resting on his mother’s lap, while the other picture depicts the mother-son duo sitting side by side with the mother’s hands resting on the shoulder of her son.
PM Shri @narendramodi Ji received a heartwarming present on Mother's Day in Hooghly, West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/e8qG5Y2le8
— Sambit Patra (Modi Ka Parivar) (@sambitswaraj) May 12, 2024
PM Modi’s mother Heeraben Patel passed away due to age-related illnesses at a Ahmedabad hospital on December 30, 2022. She was 100 years old.
The Prime Minister has often mentioned the deep emotional bond he shared with his mother, and recently after casting his vote in phase 3 of Lok Sabha polls at a polling booth in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, Modi welled up as he reminisced about his late mother.
Modi said this was the first time in his life was contesting in an election without his mother’s presence.
Mother’s Day annually falls on the second Sunday of May. This year, it is being celebrated on May 12. Mother’s Day honours mothers and mother figures around the globe.
(With inputs from agencies)
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