Published 21:20 IST, July 22nd 2019

Chandrayaan 2 launch: Indians call out Congress' Nehru credit for launch success, say "Nehru was the first man on Moon'

With the Congress crediting India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for funding space research by sanctioning ISRO and former PM Manmohan Singh for sanctioning Chandrayaan 2 on Monday, netizens have trolled the Congress for shifting the focus from ISRO scientists to politics.

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Chandrayaan 2 launch: Indians call out Congress' Nehru credit for launch success, say "Nehru was the first man on Moon'

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With the Congress crediting India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for funding space research by sanctioning ISRO and former PM Manmohan Singh for sanctioning Chandrayaan 2 on Monday, netizens have trolled the Congress for shifting the focus from ISRO scientists to politics.

This is a good time to remember the visionary move of India's first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to fund space research through INCOSPAR in1962 which later became ISRO. And also Dr. Manmohan Singh for sanctioning the #Chandrayan2 project in 2008. pic.twitter.com/2Tje349pa0
— Congress (@INCIndia) July 22, 2019

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Here are few of the hilarious tweets calling out the Congress' claim:

Nehru Ji throwing #Chandrayaan2 into space with his own hands. #Chandrayaan2theMoon pic.twitter.com/7vkoRyIM3I
— Vicky (@Utt_pataaang) July 22, 2019

*Quick facts*

Chandrayan was sanctioned by Atal Bihar Vajapayee in 2000.

Manmohan Singh signed deal with Russia to work together on Chandrayan 2

Today Chandrayan 2 was launched without any help from Russia, the mission changed a lot after Manmohan Singh
— Scar (@RAC7R) July 22, 2019

Nehru personally guiding JFK to his "We choose to go to the Moon" moment. Some also say he was the phantom 4th man in the Apollo 11. pic.twitter.com/sPCA3btV2c
— cry all day (@radstruck) July 22, 2019

Dear @INCIndia Nehru was already there on moon well before Neil Armstrong Landed there ...Infact Nehru himself received him as soon as Armstrong landed on moon and captured the moment with a Selfie ...
it was the first Selfie too ..here is that rare photograph released by NASA pic.twitter.com/Ksrpd3ewl2
— Shreeharsha Hegde (@HEGD4101) July 22, 2019

#Nehru the first person on Moon..... #EverythingByNehru🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/nkgYI9DBcq
— Viraat Singh (@Fab_Viraat) July 22, 2019

Hey @INCIndia, bas ab khush?@TajinderBagga @indiantweeter @kaushkrahul @coolfunnytshirt @Sootradhar @surnell pic.twitter.com/iuX0xj95Zh
— Prachi Singh Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 (@PrachiBJP) July 22, 2019

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Chandrayaan 2 launch:

Chandrayaan-2's rocket lifted off at the scheduled time of 2:43 PM on July 22. The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3, 84, 000 km. Vikram lander will land on Moon on the 48th day of the mission starting from Monday approximately on September 9.

This moon-lander and rover mission proves that India is taking lead in space exploration as its mission aims to investigate the unexplored south pole of the moon. With Chandrayaan-2 India aims at the soft landing on the Moon. If successful, it will be the fourth country after the US, Russia, and China to do so.

Celebrating the successful launch of India's lunar mission Chandrayaan-2, ISRO announced the successful injection of its indigenous GSLV MK-III rocket- 'Bahubali' into the Earth Orbit.

#GSLVMkIII-M1 successfully injects #Chandrayaan2 spacecraft into Earth Orbit
Here's the view of #Chandrayaan2 separation#ISRO pic.twitter.com/GG3oDIxduG
— ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019

Updated 21:36 IST, July 22nd 2019