Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Jan. 8 -- : Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday invoked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi, who recently passed away at an Ahmedabad hospital.

The Uttarakhand CM commended PM Modi for performing 'Putra Dharma' (duties of son) and 'Rashtra Dharma' (duties of an administrator) simultaneously at the Public Tribute Havan Yajna programme organised in the memory of Heeraben Modi.

CM Dhami said, "I was in Kolkata for a meeting on Namami Gange project, the day PM Modi's mother passed away. After performing the last rites of his mother, PM Modi joined the scheduled programme around 11.30am on the same day. He performed the 'Putra Dharma' and 'Rashtra Dharma' at the same time."

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