Lucknow | Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) Chief Mayawati joins the league of politicians terming the launch of the A-SAT missile as a “political gimmick”.
Mayawati congratulated the scientists on the microblogging site Twitter.
The BSP leader accused PM Modi of playing politics to gain votes in the next elections, to be held next month.
“Congratulations to Indian defence scientists for the successful experiment of shooting down a satellite in the space. But the prime minister playing politics under its garb for electoral gains is most condemnable,” she said in her tweet in Hindi.
भारतीय रक्षा वैज्ञानिकों द्वारा अंतरिक्ष में सैटेलाइट मार गिराये जाने का सफल परीक्षण करके देश का सर ऊंचा करने के लिए अनेकों बधाई। लेकिन इसकी आड़ में पीएम श्री मोदी द्वारा चुनावी लाभ के लिये राजनीति करना अति-निन्दनीय। मा. चुनाव आयोग को इसका सख्त संज्ञान अवश्य लेना चाहिए।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) March 27, 2019
West Bengal CM and Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee also criticised PM Modi for gaining political mileage and has accused him of violating the Model Code of Conduct.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a live satellite, describing it as a rare achievement that puts the country in an exclusive club of space superpowers.
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