After a video of a Rajasthan minister congratulating Chandrayaan-3 passengers went viral, West Bengal Premier Mamata Banerjee’s lie about India’s moon mission created a storm of memes on social media. .
The X (formerly Twitter) meme festival started after Banerjee mistook Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, for Rakesh Roshan. “I remember when they got to the moon, Indira Gandhi asked Rakesh Roshan what India looked like from there,” Banerjee said.
Banerjee is actually referring to former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s conversation with Rakesh Sharma.
Rakesh Sharma, who remains the only Indian citizen to travel into space, traveled on a Soviet Soyuz T-11 rocket to the Salyut 7 Orbital Station with a Soviet crew in 1984. , the crew had a meeting with Soviet officials and then- Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi as seen from space. When Gandhi asked Sharma what India looked like from space, he replied: “Sare Jahan Se Accha” (most beautiful in the world).
Meanwhile, netizens quickly noticed Mamata Banerjee’s perhaps ‘failure’ action.
Commenting on the act of spoofing, Keya Ghosh, the BJP West Bengal spokesperson, quipped: Rakesh Roshan becomes the first actor/director to venture into space….. Courtesy of Mamata Banerjee. Sorry Rakesh Sharma.”
Here are some hilarious memes:
Earlier, Rajasthan Sports Minister Ashok Chandna expressed his delight at India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 moon landing and congratulated the non-existent passengers of the spacecraft. pillar.
He said: “We succeeded and landed safely. I salute all the passengers who have been brought in. Chandrayaan.”
The Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the lunar south pole at 6:04 pm on August 23, making India an exclusive club of four countries with a successful lunar mission. Most importantly, India became the first country to land on an unexplored surface and also the first country to perform a gentle landing on the moon.
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