PM Modi raises 'Jai Vigyan' slogan while on his way to ISRO office

PM Modi raises 'Jai Vigyan' slogan while on his way to ISRO office

• By Staff Writer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome from BJP workers and the public as he landed in Bengaluru on Saturday to congratulate the scientists who worked on Chandrayaan-3.

He addressed the crowd after he landed at HAL airport, saying "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan (hail soldier, hail farmer, hail science, hail research)", before heading to meet the scientists at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) office.

"I was not in the country (at the time of the launch) but I decided the first thing I would do after getting back would be to visit our scientists," he said.

The PM flew in early in the morning from Greece after attending the 15th Brics summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Local artists waiting for him at the HAL airport played the dhol and danced, waving the Tricolour. The BJP had asked its workers to wave the national flag instead of the party flag as they were celebrating ISRO's achievement, not the party's.

The crowd was packed around HAL airport, with adults, old and children all equally excited to catch a glimpse of the PM as he came to felicitate the scientists of their home state. Excited locals said they were immensely proud to be part of this historic occasion.