Gujarat: PM Modi meets mother Heeraben Modi in Gandhinagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a visit to his native state Gujarat met his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in Gandhinagar on SundayIn a picture PM Modi was seen touching the feet of mother Heeraben PM also had his evening tea sitting beside his motherThe last time Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his mother Heeraben was on June 18 on her 100th birthdayMeanwhile PM Modi will cast his vote in Ahmedabad on Monday in the second and final phase of the Gujarat Assembly pollsOn Saturday PM said that the people of Gujarat want to continue with the development streakIn a Twitter post PM Modi said that he has received tremendous affection everywhere he travelled in Gujarat over the last few daysOver the last few days I have travelled across the length and breadth of Gujarat Wherever I went I received tremendous affection People have seen the development in the last two decades and want this trajectory to continue PM Modi saidAlso Read PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate MumbaiNagpur Samruddhi Expressway on Dec 11Earlier on Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a mega roadshow in Ahmedabad which as per sources was attended by more than 10 lakh peopleWith attendance of over 10 lakh it was Prime Ministers largest and longest roadshow in the country as it spanned around 50 kilometres and passed through as many as 14 Vidhan Sabha seats 13 fromAhmedabad and one in GandhinagarAfter the highvoltage campaigning the countdown has begun for the highstakes political battle to conclude in Gujarat with the final phase of polling for the ongoing Assembly elections to be held on MondayPolling in the second and final phase will be conducted for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat As many as 833 candidates from 61 parties are in the fray in the second phase of the Gujarat elections whose fate will be decided by over 251 crore electoratesThe 93 pollbound seats in the second phase are spread across Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Mehsana Patan Banaskantha Sabarkantha Aravali Mahisagar Panchmahal Dahod Vadodara Anand Kheda and Chhota Udaipur districtsNarendra Modi has been Gujarats longestserving chief minister from 2001 to 2014In the 2017 Gujarat polls Bharatiya Janata Partys BJP tally stopped at 99 seats out of a total of 182 seats The party has been in power for the last 27 years with Narendra Modi being the states longestserving chief ministerThis time the party under the leadership of PM Modi Amit Shah and CR Paatil is aiming at getting its highest seat tally exceeding 140The state has been a BJP stronghold for a long and the party has set its sights on returning to power for the seventh termDuring the first phase of polling on December 1 Gujarat saw an overall turnout of 6314 per cent The voting began at 8 am in 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch Saurashtra and South Gujarat regionsThe first phase of voting for 89 seats in Kutch Saurashtra and South Gujarat ended on December 1 with an overall turnout of 6331 per centThe results of the Gujarat Assembly polls will be announced on December 8