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Rashid Alvi writes to Narendra Modi offering to take care of his mother

New Delhi: "Distressed" by Narendra Modi's mother travelling in an auto rickshaw and living in a small room, a Congress leader today wrote to BJP's PM candidate volunteering to look after her as Modi had

PTI PTI Updated on: May 07, 2014 22:04 IST
"With her dedication and hard work, she brought you up in a way that you could not only rise to become the Chief Minister of a state like Gujarat, but also went on to become the PM candidate of your party", he told Modi.
 
At the same time, he told Modi that he was "deeply pained" when he came to know that the mother of the Gujarat Chief Minister still lives in an 8x8 room.

"I was also distressed when I saw that she travelled in an auto rickshaw to cast her vote recently," he said noting that in Indian culture, when the son does well in life, the first beneficiaries of the success are usually the parents.

"Modiji, recently when you filed your nomination, you disclosed assets worth more than Rs. 1.25 crore. I am baffled how even as an ordinary person who has so much wealth, you fail to provide necessary comforts to your mother.

"We regularly see how you travel in private jets and cavalcades of many luxury cars. We also know of your love for your designer watches and Mont Blanc fountain pens," he added.
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