Kolkata: The success of Chandrayaan-3 mission certainly has brought smiles to the face of each Indian. However, some of the comments made about its successful soft landing certainly have taken netizens on a laughter ride.
Days after mistakenly referring to Rakesh Sharma as filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, in a fresh gaffe, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ‘went to Moon.’
Recalling India’s first trip to space during Indira Gandhi’s regime, Mamata Banerjee said, “When Indira Gandhi reached the Moon, she asked Rakesh (Sharma) how Hindustan (India) look from there. He replied ‘Sare jahaan se achcha’ (the best in the world).”
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) supremo made these remarks while addressing a rally on the occasion of the foundation day anniversary of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the party’s student wing.
Videos of the Bengal CM’s latest gaffe were widely shared on X, previously known as Twitter.
"When Indira Gandhi reached to Moon, She asked Rakesh how does India look from Moon"
1st Rakesh Roshan, now Indira Gandhi reached to Moon.
Didi 🙏🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/Hm2WMkA41w
— Facts (@BefittingFacts) August 28, 2023
Earlier, Mamata Banerjee was criticised for referring to Rakesh Sharma as Rakesh Roshan while lauding the ISRO scientists for the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission August 23.
Didi saying Indira Gandhi talked to Rakesh Roshan from Space 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/XkbIqu24vQ
— Nimo Tai (@Cryptic_Miind) August 23, 2023
Facts: It was Rakesh Sharma, then a pilot with the Indian Air Force (IAF), and not director-actor Rakesh Roshan, the father of actor Hrithik Roshan. Also, Sharma did not go to the Moon; he flew to the then-Soviet Union’s Salyut 7 Orbital Station in the low Earth orbit, participating in a Soviet space mission. The Gandhi-Sharma conversation took place in April 1984.
PNN