Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday expressed deep sadness over the death of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother and said her sacrificial ascetic life will always be remembered. Modi's mother Hiraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday. She was 99.

In tweets in Hindi, Shah said he was very sad to know about the demise of the prime minister's mother. The home minister said a mother is the first friend and teacher of a person's life and the pain of losing a mother is undoubtedly the biggest pain in the world.