India has successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of the Moon on August 23 at 6.04 pm. Vikram Lander and Pragyan Rover have now started work. This achievement of India is being seen as a great success not only for India but for the entire world. Congratulatory messages are pouring in from all over the world to the Indian space agency ISRO. That included UK news anchor Patrick Christie’s, who congratulated India, but what he said later angered people.
The man’s name is Patrick Christies. This famous UK news anchor started the news by congratulating India on its historic achievement. But, after this he said things that angered people. In fact, he asked for the return of £2.3 billion which had been “given as aid money to India”.
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“I want to congratulate India for landing on the dark side of the moon. I also want to invite India to return the 2.3 billion pounds of aid that we gave them between 2016 and 2021,” Patrick said. We are also ready to give them. 57 million pounds next year. But I think the British taxpayer should be in control of this. We should not, as a rule, give money to countries with space programs.”
Describing India as suffering from poverty, he also expressed outrage at the economy
Anchor Patrick described India as “poverty-ridden” and advised the UK government not to provide further financial assistance to the country. He said, “If you can afford to launch a rocket on the dark side of the moon, you shouldn’t come to us with your hands. India has 229 million people living in poverty. According to the UN, this is the highest number anywhere in the world. With an annual GDP of approximately $3.75 trillion it Also the 5th largest economy in the world.Why are we paying to help poverty stricken Indians when their own government won’t care.
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People vented their anger
X users were very angry after seeing this video of Anker. People are taking their anger out on him. One wrote- “Oh jealous racist rant! You stole over $45 trillion from India, leaving the country broke and poor, yet India leads your economy today. What did Britain do with the $45 trillion+ stolen from India alone? One wrote- India You never asked for help, you just put money into a dubious NGO in India for conversion, they take the money and first build some houses for their homeless population.
Significantly, with Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon in its second attempt in four years, India became the fourth country after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union to soft-land on the lunar surface.