President, Vice-President greet Modi on his birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited his mother Hiraba here and took her blessings on his 66th birthday.Modi reached the residence of his brother Pankaj Modi in Raysan area of state capital here, where his 97-year-old mother is staying.

The Prime Minister sought her blessings and spend around 25 minutes with her. He later drove off to Raj Bhavan where he is put up during his visit.Born on September 17, 1950, Modi turned 66 today. 

He thanked President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari for their wishes.

“I thank Honourable Rashtrapati ji for his kind



birthday greetings,” he tweeted. “My gratitude to Vice President Hamid Ansari for his wishes,” Mr. Modi said in another tweet.

He is here to spend his birthday between tribal and Divyangs (differently abled).He will travel to Limkheda of Dahod and inaugurate many schemes for development of this tribal district later in the day.

Later in the afternoon he would go to Navsari where he is scheduled to take part in a function where aid would be distributed to the differently-abled persons.

The Prime Minister would leave for Surat on his way to New Delhi on Saturday evening.