Could Have Sent a Dalit Person This Time: Congress Leader on Shux Space Mission

Could have sent a Dalit person this time: Congress leader on Shux space mission

Congress leader Udit Raj questions why a Dalit candidate was not selected for the Axiom-4 space mission. His remarks sparked social media backlash accusing him of politicising a scientific achievement.

Congress Leader Udit Raj’s ‘Dalit Astronaut’ Comment Reduces Space Mission to Caste Politics

In an appalling display of caste-first politics, Congress leader Udit Raj has yet again reduced India’s scientific milestones to vote-bank narratives. As the nation celebrates Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s historic journey to the International Space Station, Raj chose to lament the lack of a Dalit astronaut instead of acknowledging Shukla’s achievements and merit. This remark is yet another example of the Congress party’s compulsive caste ob…

Why no Opportunity for Dalits? Congress Leader Questions Amid Shukla’s Space Sojourn - Clarion India

NEW DELHI – Even as the Indian astronaut and IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla returns to Earth after spending a fortnight in the International Space Station (ISS), a political fight has begun back home over his caste identity.  The controversy stemmed from Congress leader Udit Raj’s remarks as he questioned the government’s ‘preference and partisan’ approach in picking astronauts from certain communities and depriving Dalits of a similar oppo…