August 24, 2023: After Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander successfully landed on the moon's surface, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said when Rakesh Roshan reached the moon; Indira Gandhi asked him how India looked from above? while speaking at an event in Kolkata.
The chief minister confused astronaut Rakesh Sharma with Bollywood actor-filmmaker Rakesh Roshan. She also mentioned the Moon, not Space.
Rakesh Sharma is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space.
Immediately after the video of the West Bengal CM went viral, Rakesh Roshan is currently trending on social media.