Dhol, excited locals receive Modi in Bengaluru waving the tiranga
Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome on Saturday from the BJP workers and the public as he landed in Bengaluru to congratulate the scientists who worked on Chandrayaan-3. The PM addressed the crowd after he landed at HAL airport, saying «Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan,» 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,” said Modi.
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 flag. 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 people 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 a part of this historic occasion. “This is a big achievement, we are glad Karnataka gets to be a part of it,” they chorused.
The Prime Minister remarked on the size of the crowd waiting for him so early in the morning, saying, “It's really surprising that you all are here & even kids are also present.” The view in Bengaluru, he added, was the same one that greeted him in South Africa and Greece.
