Modi spent 20 minutes with Hiraba, a nonagenarian, who lives with her younger son Pankaj Modi at Raisan village, located around 10 km from Gandhinagar city.
A shawl, coconut and sweets was what Prime Minister Narendra Modi got from his mother Hiraba as he met her Tuesday before casting his vote at a polling booth near Gandhinagar.
Modi spent 20 minutes with Hiraba, a nonagenarian, who lives with her younger son Pankaj Modi at Raisan village, located around 10 km from Gandhinagar city.
She gave him a shawl, sweets and a coconut and blessed him for his victory in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. He touched her feet in reverence.
Modi spent the night at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar and early morning, went to seek his mother's blessings, travelling the distance with a limited SPG security cover of just one vehicle.
After meeting his mother, Modi briefly interacted with the society residents and even allowed kids in the locality to take 'selfies' with him, before leaving for a school at Ranip to cast his vote.
Before leaving, Modi asked people in the locality to go out and vote in order to strengthen democracy, a local said.
After Modi left to vote, Hiraba cast her vote for at a booth in Gandhinagar. Accompanied by her son Pankaj Modi and other family members, she arrived at the polling booth set up in the gram panchayat and exercised her franchise.
Modi reached the polling station at Nishan High School in Ranip area in an open jeep in the morning and cast his vote.
On way to the polling booth, he also greeted people who had gathered on both sides of the road to welcome him.
BJP president Amit Shah, contesting from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, welcomed Modi and accompanied him to the polling booth.
After casting his vote, Modi walked some distance from the polling booth and interacted briefly with mediapersons.
Polling in all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat is being held in a single phase Tuesday.
(With PTI inputs)
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