Gujarat is also set to hold assembly elections in December of this year. Between 2001 and 2014, PM Modi was also the Chief Minister of Gujarat for four terms.
Digital Desk: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party's big win in four of the five Assembly elections held between February and March, PM Narendra Modi met his mother, Heeraben Modi, at her residence in Gujarat's Gandhinagar on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in his home state for a two-day visit that will end today (March 12)
Pictures released by news agency ANI show PM Modi taking blessing from his mother and later having a meal with her. Reports said that PM Modi met his mother after two years.
PM Modi's mother lives at her ancestral home in Gandhinagar, while the Prime Minister is based in New Delhi due to political commitments. On special occasions, PM Modi visits his mother to seek her blessings.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi spoke with the gathering of Gujarat's BJP leaders in Gandhinagar, where he urged them to maintain close contact with the people as the state's Assembly elections approached.
"Met fellow @BJP4Gujarat leaders and Karyakartas at the state BJP HQ. Discussed how our Party organization can serve the people even more effectively and contribute towards national development," PM Modi tweeted after the meeting.
PM Modi also addressed a massive Panchayat convention earlier in the day, citing Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel.
"Gujarat is the land of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Bapu. Bapu was always talking about rural development and self-reliant villages. So today, as we celebrate 'Amrit Mahotsav,' we must realize Bapu's dream of Grameen Vikas," he said in his speech.
Notably, Gujarat is also set to hold assembly elections in December of this year. Between 2001 and 2014, PM Modi was also the Chief Minister of Gujarat for four terms. Gujarat's saffron party has been in power since 1998, but it faces significant anti-incumbency.
The BJP won in four of the five states, excluding Punjab that went to Assembly elections in February-March, the results of which were announced on March 10.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP and its alliance party won 255 of the 403 assembly seats. In Uttarakhand, the party won 47 of the 70 seats.
In Goa, the BJP won 20 out of 40 seats and received support from independent candidates, while in Manipur, the ruling BJP coalition won 31 of the 60 seats.
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