Prime Minister Narendra Modi He has returned to India after completing his tour of South Africa and Greece. PM Modi reached Bangalore directly from Greece and congratulated ISRO scientists for the success of Chandrayaan-3. When PM Modi reached Bengaluru airport in the morning, neither Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah nor the Governor reached to welcome him. However, the Prime Minister also gave the reason for this.
Had requested Governor, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister not to come to the airport to welcome him: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he had requested the Governor, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka not to come to the airport to receive him as their arrival time was not fixed and he did not want to have to come so early in the morning. Had to suffer The Prime Minister reached Bengaluru directly from the Greek capital Athens at around 6 am, so that he could meet the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
PM Modi addressed the people at the airport
Addressing a large gathering outside the HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) airport, Modi said he was coming from far away (Athens) and did not know at what time he would reach here. The Prime Minister said that he has Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah And asked Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar not to bother coming to the airport to receive him, as he would return soon after thanking the ISRO scientists. Modi said, therefore, I had requested him that when I make a formal visit, he must follow the protocol. They cooperated and I am thankful and grateful to them.
Congress alleges Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were prevented from coming to the airport
Ahead of Modi’s arrival in Bengaluru to meet ISRO scientists, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had on Friday alleged that the prime minister allegedly prevented Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar from coming to the HAL airport to receive him. Ramesh had alleged that the Prime Minister got irritated with Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the fact that both of them honored ISRO scientists before him. Ramesh had accused Modi of doing petty politics by stopping the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister.
Siddaramaiah congratulated the ISRO team
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had visited ISRO’s ‘Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network’ (ISTRAC) on Thursday and congratulated ISRO chief S Somnath and his team for the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission. Describing the successful ‘soft landing’ of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon as a historic achievement, he had said that the state government would organize a special program to officially honor the ISRO team for this.
ISRO team will be honored by Karnataka government
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had said, the government will officially honor ISRO Chairman (S) Somnath and his team by organizing a special event at Vidhana Soudha auditorium. Around 500 scientists from Karnataka were part of this mission.
India created history with the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on August 23.
Creating a new history in the space sector on Wednesday, August 23, ISRO succeeded in soft landing the lander module carrying lander ‘Vikram’ and rover ‘Pragyan’ on the south pole of the Moon. According to Indian time, the vehicle had touched the surface of the moon at around 6:04 pm. With this, India became the first country in the world to do ‘soft landing’ on the south pole of the Moon and the fourth country in the world to do ‘soft landing’ on the lunar surface.