As India celebrates the successful launch of Chandrayaan 3, with ISRO’s third lunar exploration mission expecting a soft landing on August 23rd, India will become the fourth country, after the United States, China, and Russia, to land its spacecraft on the lunar surface.
It appears that Britain is not very pleased with our progress, despite the world appreciating our mission. British Minister Paul Golding made a controversial statement, which resulted in immediate trolling.
Paul Golding said, “Well done, India, on the success of your space program. And shame on UK politicians who keep unnecessarily giving tens of millions of pounds in ‘foreign aid’ to India.”
Well done India on the success of your space programme.
And shame on UK politicians who keep unnecessarily giving India tens of millions of pounds in ‘foreign aid’. pic.twitter.com/1IlgghCsqi— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) July 14, 2023
India took it as offense and schooled him badly:
India rejected aid from UK way back in 2012 saying it is peanuts
And our Boeing deal for 500 planes is creating lots of jobs in UK when ur nation is reeling under recession and joblessness
BTW when ru returning back the loot of 45 trillion $ along with the diamond ur queen… pic.twitter.com/Dph1qoENae— Swathi Bellam (@BellamSwathi) July 14, 2023
Paul, let's get this straight. Over a decade ago, India opted out of UK's governmental aid. What you're calling 'aid' doesn't reach the Indian government at all, but goes to NGOs and private entities. It's a strategic maneuver by your government to lobby, influence policies, and…
— Sandeep Neel (@SanUvacha) July 14, 2023
That’s not aid.. that’s just instalments you Britishers send us for all the Indian loot you’ve kept in your museums.
— IAS Smoking Skills (@Smokingskills07) July 14, 2023
For those who are unaware, the UK provides a sum of £200m to India for the betterment of the poor. However, it does not offer anything substantial. How can British aid make a difference when India itself spends 70 billion on welfare? This insignificant amount, termed as aid, serves no purpose. Indians have requested them to stop sending aid, and our president once referred to this aid as peanuts.
