New Delhi: Narendra Modi, who is shifting to New Delhi, said “Aavjo†(So Long in Gujarati) to the state he has ruled for 13 years. “I would like to say ‘aavjo’ to 6.25 crore people,” Modi said at the airport in Ahmedabad.
Modi is taking his cook, Badri, and his personal aides Dinesh Thakur and OP Singh, to his new home, the Prime Minister’s residence at 7, Race Course Road in Delhi. Badri has served as Modi’s cook and caretaker for over a decade.
Before leaving Ahmedabad, the PM-designate stopped to meet his mother Hiraba, 95, for the second time since his victory in the national election. Modi later tweeted that he was moved when he learnt that his personal staff in Gujarat had set up a shrine in his official car and prayed daily for his security.
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