NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled how his mother decided to name a baby girl born in their family after the late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj. The interesting story was shared by Modi through a Facebook post, on the 70th birth anniversary of the former foreign minister. The post was written on his way back from an election rally in Punjab’s Jalandhar.

“It was about 25 years ago, when I was the organisation general secretary of the BJP. Sushma ji was on a visit to Gujarat as part of an election tour. She went to my village Vadnagar, and met my mother too. At that time, a daughter was born in our family to my nephew. The astrologers decided on a name after consulting her astrological chart. The family had accepted the name as well”, Modi wrote.

"However, after meeting Sushma ji, there was a twist. My mother said that the baby will be called Sushma. My mother is not very educated but she is very modern in her thoughts", he wrote.

Sushma Swaraj was able to improve India’s relations with foreign nations. She was a helping hand to distressed Indians across the world, the prime minister said in his post.