Bollywood Actress-Turned-Parliamentarian Gets Trolled for Sharing Fake Tweet on India’s Moon Mission

© AFP 2023 / -Indian Bollywood actress and politician Hema Malini attends the Lux Golden Rose Awards ceremony in Mumbai on November 18, 2018
Indian Bollywood actress and politician Hema Malini attends the Lux Golden Rose Awards ceremony in Mumbai on November 18, 2018 - Sputnik International
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Bollywood diva-turned-parliamentarian Hema Malini has been trolled by the Twitterati since she shared a fake update on India’s lunar probe Chandrayaan-2.

On 7 September, the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) lost contact with the Chandrayaan-2's lander, minutes before its scheduled touchdown.  

Mistaking a tweet from a fake ISRO handle as the official one, Malini, a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian shared the tweet claiming the successful landing of Chandrayaan-2’s lander Vikram.

 

The fake handle, with more than 10,000 followers had further claimed that India has now become the first country to successfully land on the Moon’s South Pole.

Social media users have been keeping a close eye on news and updates about Chandrayaan-2, ever since the Indian space agency lost contact with the Vikram lander. Thus, it didn't take netizens long to point out to Malini that she had shared a fake tweet. The Twitterati also opined that as a parliamentarian, she should be more responsible on social media.

 

 

 

 

 

However, other users were more receptive towards the former actress who enthralled audiences over the past several decades with her hit Bollywood flicks like Sholay and Dream Girl. They citied other personalities who too mistook ISRO’s fake handle as the official one and stated that the Twitterati shouldn’t be too harsh on Malini.

 

 

 

 

After losing contract with the lander, ISRO chief K. Sivan announced on Sunday (8 September) that the organisation had found the location of the Vikram lander on the Moon's surface a day after losing contact with the module.

The mission is particularly important for the country, because, if successful, it would make India the first country to soft-land on Moon’s South Pole.

 

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