by: Nav Jeevan

PM Modi’s centenarian mom Hiraba joins ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign in Gandhinagar

  • Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel kicks off the three-day “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Independence by hoisting a huge tricolour on a 100-feet tall flag post at Children’s University in the state capital on Saturday.
  • Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil participated in a seven-km rally at Vijapur in the Mehsana district
  • Former Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel injured in stray cows

 

NE NEWS SERVICE

GANDHINAGAR, AUG 13

PM Narendra Modi’s centenarian mother Hiraba distributed national flags to children at her residence in Gandhinagar and waved the tricolour with them, the officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraba, who entered the 100th year of her life in June this year, on Saturday distributed national flags to children at her residence on the outskirts of Gandhinagar city in Gujarat.

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel kicked off the three-day “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Independence by hoisting a huge tricolour on a 100-feet tall flag post at Children’s University in the state capital on Saturday.

Under this campaign, Hiraba distributed national flags to children at her residence and waved the tricolour with them, a government release said.

She lives with the Prime Minister’s younger brother Pankaj Modi.

“Tiranga Yatra” was organised in different parts of Gujarat with BJP MLAs and ministers participating in rallies with people carrying the tricolour.

Earlier in the day, Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil participated in a seven-km rally at Vijapur in the Mehsana district in the presence of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, MLAs and former MLAs.

In Vadodara, BJP MP Ranjan Bhatt took out a “Tiranga Yatra’ with local MLAs. Similar celebrations were witnessed in other cities and towns of Gujarat.

Ex-Gujarat Dy CM Nitin Patel attacked by cows

Former Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel was attacked by stray cows on Saturday.

Nitin Patel suffered injuries in his left leg after a galloping cow rammed into the “Tiranga Yatra” being led by him in the Kadi town of Mehsana district of the state. He suffered a minor fracture in his left leg during the incident, the BJP leader said.

“A Tiranga Yatra had been organised at Kadi where nearly 2,000 people participated. It had completed almost 70 per cent of the distance and reached a vegetable market when a cow suddenly came running,” Patel has said.

In the commotion, he and a few others were thrown down to the ground, he added.

Incidentally, the Gujarat High Court had ordered the state government and all civic bodies to take action against stray cattle menace. Being the poll-bound state, no action was initiated by the administration on obvious grounds.