Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi is extremely ecstatic at the prospect of her brother Narendra Modi becoming India’s Prime Minister. Hailing from Unjha, the modest homemaker is extremely proud of her brother, who rose from humble beginnings to make his family and his region proud.
In an interview to AFP news agency, Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi clearly mentioned, “They can’t believe it, can’t believe that someone from such a simple background could beat them,” It was a subtle dig at the naysayers, who doubted whether the three time Gujarat CM would ever make it to the echelons of the Lutyens’s Delhi.
However, proving everyone wrong, in a landslide victory, PM Modi and his party Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory over the Congress and their allies, winning 282 seats alone in a total of approximately 330+ seats.
Congress’s election frontman was Rahul Gandhi, the latest in a bloodline which has already provided three of India’s prime ministers. In his campaign, Mr Modi repeatedly reminded voters of his humble past as a tea-seller from Vadnagar, contrasting it to the Rahul Gandhi’s upbringing in the privileged areas of the capital, and something which was mocked upon by Mani Shankar Aiyar, senior leader and former minister from the Congress Party.
“We had never imagined that he would lead the entire country one day. He left the house and the family one fine day and years and years later, look where he is now,” said his sister Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi, who lives in the town of Unjha.
Born to a humble family in Vadnagar, Narendra Modi had seen a roller coaster of a career. From evading arrests during the emergency, to facing the SIT constituted by the Supreme Court over the Gujarat riots of 2002, he had seen it all. Yet, he emerged victorious, and won three times as the CM of Gujarat before going to become the current Prime Minister of India.
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Narendra Modi, one of the most powerful leaders in the world was born in Vadnagar, Gujarat on 17 September 1950. His real age is 70 years and 6 months. He is prime minister with four brothers and a sister, including Prahlad Modi, Soma Modi, a retired division officer, Pankaj Modi and his sister Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi. Narendra Modi has four brothers, Soma Modi, Prahalad Modi, Amrit Modi and VasantiBen Himmukhal Modi they all have a sister – she lives in Gujarat.
Narendra Modi, one of the most powerful leaders in the world and Indian politician. Before becoming prime minister of India, Modi was chief minister of Gujarat three times from 2001 to 2014. He is the first prime minister of India whose mother was still alive when he took office.
His older brother runs a home for the elderly for social work in Ahmedabad. His siblings are called Sombhai, Amarutbhai and Prahladbhai, and the sisters are called Vasantiben Hasmukh, Lal Modi and Pankajbhai.
He belonged to the backward Ghanchi community and started selling tea at a young age at the train station in Vadnagar when he and his brother set up a tea stall at the bus stop. Soma, a retired health ministry official and older brother of Prime Minister Modi, is 75. His brother-in-law Hasmukh who was employed by the LIC before retiring.