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New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) The BJP on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement naming the Vikram lander’s touchdown spot on the Moon as “Shiv Shakti Point”, and took a swipe at the Congress saying if it had been at the helm, it would have christened the site “Indira Point and Rajiv Point”.<\/p>\n
Reaching Bengaluru this morning directly from the Greek capital of Athens after summit talks, Prime Minister Modi announced that Chandrayaan-3’s landing spot on the Moon would be named as Shiv Shakti Point and August 23 would be celebrated as National Space Day.<\/p>\n
He also said the place where the Chandrayaan-2 lander crash-landed on the Moon’s surface in 2019 and left its imprints would be known as “Tiranga Point”.<\/p>\n
Hailing the prime minister’s announcement, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonwalla said, “PM Modi puts India first. UPA puts family first.”<\/p>\n
He the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had named the spot where Chandrayaan-1 impact probe had hit as “Jawahar Point”.<\/p>\n
“Had it been UPA they would have never sent Chandrayaan 2 and 3, and if they did they would have named it Indira Point and Rajiv Point,” the BJP spokesperson added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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