Soon after Chandrayaan-3‘s successful landing on the Moon, netizens had a ball when they found out that once upon a time, “Bollywood actor Rakesh Roshan also landed on the lunar surface”.
The ‘revelation’, or rather a faux pas, was made by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, sparking a meme fest on micro-blogging site ‘X’. “I remember when they reached the moon, Indira Gandhi asked Rakesh Roshan how India looked from there, for space,” the chief minister said.
Banerjee was referring to the conversation Sharma, the first Indian to go to space, had with then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. During a conversation with an astronaut from space, the late PM had asked him, “Upar se Bharat kaisa dikhta hai aapko (How does India look like from space?).” Sharma replied, “Saare jahan se accha.”
Banerjee seems to have mixed up Rakesh Sharma with Rakesh Roshan. Also, another gaffe was that she said the astronaut reached moon. However, Sharma did not go to the moon.
“Rakesh Roshan” ???????????? pic.twitter.com/KCxcosFTiQ— Political Kida (@PoliticalKida) August 23, 2023
Netizens were quick to catch the slip-ups with some morphing images of Rakesh Roshan as an astronaut. “Rakesh Roshan becomes the first actor-director to venture out into space,” said BJP Bengal’s media panelist.
Rakesh Roshan becomes the first actor-director to venture out into space….. Courtesy Mamata Banerjee....Sorry Rakesh Sharma pic.twitter.com/uwnGZCAxqx— Keya Ghosh (@keyakahe) August 23, 2023
Pic collected from Mamata Banerjee office. Rakesh Roshan while working for ISRO, Rockets and Moon Landing. pic.twitter.com/jtnCfZh6PB— Genrail Bazwa ᴾᵃʳᵒᵈʸ (@GenrailBazwa) August 24, 2023
PM Aspirant Akhilesh Yadav wishes चाँद मुबारक as if he was celebrating vote bank’s EidPM Aspirant Mamata Banerjee remembered Rakesh Roshan from Moon
Best PM Aspirant Nitish Kumar wasn’t even aware of the mission called Chandrayaan3♂️
Imagine the IQ level of their supporters
— Flt Lt Anoop Verma (Retd.) (@FltLtAnoopVerma) August 24, 2023
Earlier on Wednesday, a Rajasthan minister made a goof-up and congratulated passengers he suggested were taking part in the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the moon.
Rajasthan sports minister Ashok Chandna made the slip hours before the touchdown by Chandrayaan’s lander on the lunar surface an unmanned landing eagerly anticipated across the country.
If we are successful and make a safe landing, I salute the passengers, he told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Jaipur.
Our country has taken a step further in science and space research. I congratulate the countrymen for this. Chandrayaan-3 made a successful soft-landing on the moon Wednesday evening, making India only the fourth country to do so and first to reach its uncharted south pole.
(with inputs from PTI)
Comments
0 comment