BJP leaders on Friday paid tributes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben, who passed away in Ahmedabad two days after she was hospitalised. A bulletin from the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, where she was admitted on Wednesday after her health deteriorated, announced that Heeraben had died on early Friday.

'It is very sad to know about the demise of Prime Minister @narendramodiji's respected Mataji Hira Ba. Mother is the first friend and teacher of a person's life, the pain of losing whom is undoubtedly the biggest pain in the world,' Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted. The struggles faced by her to nurture the family are a role model for all, he said.