Modi, who visited his 95-year-old mother Hira Ba to seek blessings, said that mother’s blessings is one of life's great opportunities. “I have faith that people's blessings won't go waste, it will give me strength to go on with my work,†the BJP poster boy said on his birthday. She gifted Modi holy book Gita and wished him well. In order to project Modi as a secular leader and prove his popularity among Muslims, the party is preparing to bring around 50,000 Muslims wearing their traditional attire for an event in Bhopal to be held on September 25