At Facebook townhall on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke down and got emotional while answering a question on the hardships his mother faced while raising him. He revealed that his mother Heeraben Modi raised him and his siblings as a single parent after the death of his father.

65-year-old Narendra Modi displayed his rare emotional side when he was asked by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a Town Hall event at the Facebook campus here to tell the audience something about his mother Heeraben Modi, who is now 95.

“When we were small, to sustain us she cleaned dishes, fill water, did laborious work at the neighbouring houses. you can imagine a mother, in order to raise her kids, underwent so much hardships,” Modi said.

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Modi congratulated Zuckerberg’s parents, saying their son has changed the world, as he asked them to stand up for everyone to see.