Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got the whole country's attention this morning when he announced that he would be addressing the nation between 11.45am and 12pm with an important message. Everyone waited with baited breath to find out what it was and the speculations were made over Dawood Ibrahim's arrest as #Dawood started trending ahead of PM's speech. Modi finally went LIVE at 12.24pm and spoke for 9.54mins. Pm annonced that India has attained anti-satellite capability, becoming the fourth such country after the US, China and Russia. The mission was completed within 3 minutes when a pre-determined target satellite some 300 km away in the sky was destroyed using a complicated space manoeuvre, Modi said in a nationally televised speech.


Calling it "Mission Shakti", the Prime Minister said it did not violate any international law. "This is a proud moment for the country. Our scientists have made this happen." 


Soon after, the reactions started pouring in over PM's announcement and Bollywood celebrities also took to social media to give their views on it.

Check it out below: 

Actor Vindu Dara Singh who became a household name post his 'Bigg Boss' stint, posted series of tweets praising Modi for this achievement. He wrote- "Har har Modi Ghar Ghar Modi we are proud of the most hardworking PM ji of our lifetimes and the country is proud of our scientists and the for all the work done in various fields in the past 5 years and looking forward to the next 5 ! Safety & security!".

" a message to our enemies not to FXXT around with India! Bharat Mata ki Jai ! Super powers shouldn’t complain abt the shooting by DRDO, that too when they have done the same! ".




Actor and comedian Vir Das who's known for his witty and sarcastic comments, however takes a dig at PM for having created hype around this announcement.

He wrote- "Phew! It's space guys...."

In next tweet he writes- "That PM speech was out of this world. "

Yet another tweet of Vir's read- "Anyone else feel like they just watched the ending of 'How I met your mother'?"

 Vir Das tweets

Vir had posted a tweet just 3 hours ago appealing to both parties Congress and BJP to not intimidate, troll, trick, or anger citizens into voting them.

It read- "To BOTH the political parties, This is an important election. We plan to vote. Understand this. You are not going to intimidate, troll, trick, or anger us into voting for you. You are only going to IMPRESS us into voting for you. By pitching policy, progress & ideas. [folded hands emoji]".


Kamaal R Khan also cracks a joke over the much-hyped announcement which turned out to be about launching anti-satellite missile in space.

KRK's tweet read - "PM announcement:- LEO satellite Ko Maar Diya Gaya and India has become 4th space power in the world. Lol! Khoda Pahad Nikli Chuhiya! Sir Kaya Mazaak Thaa Ye!"


Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar congratulated Modi. Her hindi tweet written in Devanagari read "Namaskar. Bharat ke Mission Shakti kamyaabi par main hamare vagyanikon ka aur maanneeya pradhanmantri ji ka abhinandan karti hun. Vande Matram."


Actor Mohan Kapur replied to a tweet calling PM's address to nation in this elecion time the violation code of conduct, writing- "My thought exactly! Surreptitiously becoming the face of the achievement should be deemed as a violation of the code of conduct BUT..."