PM Modi to pay last respects to Lata Mangeshkar
Mangeshkar had written to Modi’s mother after he won a second term in office
Mangeshkar had written to Modi’s mother after he won a second term in office
Mangeshkar had written to Modi’s mother after he won a second term in office
Mangeshkar had written to Modi’s mother after he won a second term in office
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reach Shivaji Park today, to pay his last respects to India’s Nightingale, Lata Mangeshkar. The singer passed away at age 92 at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai.
The PM’s office announced a two-day mourning period on the singer’s passing and declared that the flag would fly at half-mast.
Lata Mangeshkar had sent a letter to Heeraben, mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019.
In the letter dated June 5, 2019, in which she wrote, “blessings on the occasion of your son and my brother Narendrabhai Modi becoming prime minister for the second time."
She saluted what she described as Heeraben and Narendrabhai’s simplicity.
Lata wished Modi’s brothers Prahladbhai and Pankajbhai and wished good health in the letter typed in Gujarati.
In the last paragraph, she also mentioned that she was writing this letter for the first time in Gujarati and sought pardon if there was any mistake in it.
She ended the letter with Vandemataram and signed off as your daughter Lata Mangeshkar.