Prakash Raj's meme on Chandrayaan-3 faces severe backlash from angry netizen: ‘Embarrassment for nation’

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Chandrayaan-3. The spacecraft that left India last month is scheduled achieve soft landing on the lunar surface on 23 August at 6.04pm. Prakash Raj took to microblogging site ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram to share the meme on the updates of Chandrayaan-3.

The actor shared a post on social media featuring a cartoon that depicted a man pouring tea. “BREAKING NEWS:- First picture coming from the Moon by #VikramLander Wowww #justasking" he wrote in his post.A post shared by Prakash Raj (@joinprakashraj) Prakash Raj, has been a vocal critic of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government and the Bhartiya Janata Party. He ran as an independent candidate in the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Indian general election but lost.

While the acclaimed actor's opinion on opposing the ruling government has always been considered in high regard, the meme on tracking the Chandrayaan-3 updates did not go down well with netizens. They pointed out that the Chandrayaan-3 mission belong to ISRO and India. A success of the mission would be an achievement for the country and not just BJP.

The post was termed insensitive and derogatory by users who urged him to show respect for the scientists responsible for India's historic Moon mission. Many users shared similar sentiments and advised the actor to respect the mission “irrespective of his political ideology". "Chandrayaan-3 is something the whole of India must be proud of, irrespective of political ideology.

Know the boundary between political vs national trolling," wrote one user. "There is a difference between hating someone and hating your country. So sad to see this state of yours!" wrote another.