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Modi’s been in power for years. This is an initiative started while he was in office. My point isn’t that it’s a distraction, but that it’s also about building

Modi’s been in power for years. This is an initiative started while he was in office. My point isn’t that it’s a distraction, but that it’s also about building party power. Kashmir is just the brightest, clearest signal regarding the goals of his administration. Edit: While the push to complete it came in 2015, it was (see poster below) in the works as far back as 2007, and I was mistaken to think it’s directly attributable to Modi.

valarauko 7y ago
Chandrayaan 2 was approved in 2008 by the UPA government of Manmohan Singh. The mission was planned for 2012-13, with Russia to provide the lander. Russian delays forced ISRO to start development on its own lander in 2015. It's just lazy to lay every action at Modi's feet.