Does the video show ISRO Chief Somanath visiting RSS office after the landing of Chandrayaan-3?
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its third lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3 on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. It successfully landed near the Moon’s South Pole on August 23. Pragyan rover is traversing over the moon as of this writing. Multiple videos are being circulated with false claims after the launch of Chandrayaan-3.
ISRO chief S Somanath visited the #RSS office in Bengaluru yesterday #ISRO chief’s message to those who call RSS a anti national organisation and compare it to IS and other Islam!c
terror!st organisation ; Moon mein le lo pic.twitter.com/Gu8jXFZ0sl— Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala) August 26, 2023
Now, a video purportedly showing Dr.Somanath, ISRO Chairman being honoured is circulated with the claim that the video was recorded recently after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon. In addition to it, the viral posts also claim that it happened in the RSS office, in Bangalore during the visit of Dr.Somanath. Some of the posts with such a claim can be seen here, here and here.
What is the truth?
When searching with relevant keywords we found multiple posts on X carrying the viral video and mentioning that it happened at Rashtrotthana Parishat, Chamarajapete, Bengaluru. One of the posts dated 19, July 2023 by VSK Bharat is found carrying matching visuals from the viral video.
RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale Ji congratulated ISRO Chairman Dr. S Somanath Ji, on successfully leading of Chandrayan3, at Rashtrotthana Parishat, Chamarajapete, Bengaluru.#Chandrayan3 @RSSorg @isro pic.twitter.com/wOO0xCGbl4
— VSK BHARAT (@editorvskbharat) July 19, 2023
The caption of this post mentions that RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale is congratulating ISRO Chairman Dr. S Somanath, on successfully leading Chandrayan3, in Rashtrotthana Parishat, Bengaluru.
RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale congratulated Dr S Somanath, Chairman of ISRO on successfully leading of #Chandrayan3, at Rashtrotthana Parishat, Chamarajapete, Bengaluru. pic.twitter.com/sUnMKsuc6F
— Vinod Dineshwar (@VinodDineshwar) July 19, 2023
In addition to it, another X post dated July 2023 is found carrying the viral video with the same caption mentioning that it happened in Rashtrotthana Parishat, Bengaluru.
Rashtrotthana Parishat is an NGO based in Bangalore. When searching through the official website of the NGO, we found a write-up about the organisation facilitating ISRO Chief, Dr.Somanath. It is stated that Dr. Somnath was invited to the Rashtrothtana Parishat’s head office in Chamarajpet, where he was presented with a shawl by Sri Dattatreya Hosabale, Sahakaryavah of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
In addition, Karnataka Vishwa Samvada Kendra (VSK Karnataka) took to its X account to clarify that the video claiming to show ISRO Chief Somanath visiting the RSS office is false. The post further states that he has not visited the RSS office.
Also Read: Is it the video of ISRO Chairman dancing during success celebration of Chandrayaan-3 landing?
Conclusion
It is found that the video is old and not recorded after the landing of Chandrayaan-3 as claimed in the viral posts. Moreover, it is not RSS office that he visited but Rashtrotthana Parishat, an NGO in Bangalore where he was honoured by Dattatreya Hosabale, Sahakaryavah of RSS.
