Chandrayaan-3, under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Chandrayaan programme, made a historic moment on August 24, 2023, by landing on the moon’s south pole. Soon after this, the Chief Minister of West Bengal and a key opposition leader, Mamata Banerjee addressed masses like several other political personalities. However, during her speech, she made a hilarious remark by citing an example from 1984’s another space research programme, and it started a meme fest on social media.
Mamata Banerjee gets confused between filmmaker, Rakesh Roshan and astronaut, Rakesh Sharma after Chandrayaan-3 landing
In several videos surfacing on the internet from the same speech ceremony, Mamata Banerjee can be heard praising the ISRO scientists behind the huge success of the Chandrayaan-3 landing. However, soon after this, she cited an example and mentioned a conversation between Indira Gandhi and astronaut, Rakesh Sharma. But with a slip of the tongue, it turned into filmmaker, Rakesh Roshan. She said:
“When Rakesh Roshan reached the moon, Indira Gandhi asked him how India looked from there. And Rakesh Roshan said from space, ‘Sare jahan see accha’.”