Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben Modi, who was admitted to a hospital with failing health on Wednesday December 28, 2022, is no more.
She breathed her last around 3.30 am today at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology & Research Centre (UNMICRC) on the Civil Hospital campus, stated.
Prime Minister Modi cancelled all his appointments for the day and rushed to Ahmedabad, where he led the funeral procession of his mother.
Earlier on December 28, he had made a short visit to the city to be in the hospital and meet the doctors attending on her.
Yesterday a hospital bulletin had mentioned her condition was improving.
Hiraben had turned 100 in June this year.
Modi today termed his mother’s life as a grand century that found peace today at the feet of God.
As his mother passed away today, the Prime Minister recalled that he always felt the trinity of a tapsvi’s journey, selfless Karmyogi and a life dedicated to values in her.
Modi also remembered her advice which she gave on her 100th birthday where she said work should be done with wisdom and life is to be lived with purity.
– global bihari bureau