DHAKA: As soon as it became clear that he will be India’s 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visited his mother, Hiraben, at her house in Gandhinagar.

After he touched his mother’s feet, she blessed him by placing her hand on his head. He then tweeted a selfie of him seeking her blessings.

Modi, 63, has captained the BJP to the strongest result by a political party since 1984.

On the day that he voted, he tweeted a selfie of him with an ink-stained finger that pushed him into a controversy, he was seen flashing the party symbol of the lotus, which the Election Commission faulted as a gesture of campaigning, which is banned on polling days.

The BJP is set to get a decisive majority, and with its allies, it will accrue more than 300 seats. It needs 272 to form the government. 

Before her son visited her, Hiraben, 95, was seen praying. She told reporters, ‘He has my blessings and he will lead the country towards development’.

BDST: 2049 HRS, MAY 16, 2014