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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes oath, mother Heeraben Modi watches swearing-in ceremony


After BJP’s landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections Modi visited his home state Gujarat on a two-day visit and met his mother and sought her blessings.
The PM’s mother stays with Modi's younger brother in Raisan, Ahmedabad. 
After taking his oath PM Modi has now become the third prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi to return for a second successive term with a full majority.

While his first term as the PM was about “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”, in an address to the newly elected NDA MPs at the Central Hall of the Parliament Modi added "sabka vishwas" which is seen as an effort to reach out to Muslim community.

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