View From The Right: Scientific voting

In the initial days, scientists had to fight hard to prove their mettle and significance of the research they were undertaking.

anti satellite missile, asat missile, india, mission shakti, elections, lok sabha elections, election season, scientists, voters, voting, congress, rahul gandhi, priyanka gandhi, samjhauta blasts, upa government, hindu, terror, chandrashekhar azad, samajwadi party, bsp, akhilesh, mayawati, indian express news — “In the last few years, whether in space programme or in the case of defence modernisation, (the) political leadership has given a free hand to the scientists to carry out their experiments and scientific fraternity has also responded explosively by giving us, in most cases, more than what was expected,” the editorial claims. (Representational Image)

An editorial in Organiser asserts that the successful testing of the Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile is a “landmark feat of Bharat” and its “scientific and technological might” but during the election season, unfortunately, this moment of national pride has also become embroiled in a battle of claiming credit. The editorial adds that “we as voters should learn a lesson from the scientists which can become a guiding force for us while voting”. In the initial days, scientists had to fight hard to prove their mettle and significance of the research they were undertaking. “In the last few years, whether in space programme or in the case of defence modernisation, (the) political leadership has given a free hand to the scientists to carry out their experiments and scientific fraternity has also responded explosively by giving us, in most cases, more than what was expected,” the editorial claims.