Narendra Modi says ‘Congress troubled Nambi Narayanan to settle their own political scores’ 

Narendra Modi.

Days after Professor Nambi Narayanan of Indian Space Research Organization was conferred upon the Padma Bhushan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the Congress party in Kerala is damaging national interest to settle their own political scores.

While addressing a public rally at the final day of the state convention of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the prime minister said, “A few decades ago, a hardworking and patriotic Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan was implicated in a fake case just because a few UDF leaders were settling political scores. Imagine, for their own politics, they damaged national interest and troubled a scientist. It is an honor that our government had the opportunity to confer a Padma award on Nambi Narayanan. We value each person who’s working to make India stronger.”

Nambi Narayanan, who was implicated in a fabricated case in 1994 in which he was accused of selling state secrets, later he was discharged from the case. Narayanan was the director of cryogenic project at the Isro when he caught in the spy case. The apex court last year had ordered the Kerala government to give Rs 50 lakh as compensation to him as well. This case created a major political upheaval in Kerala and paved the way for the resignation of K Karunakaran, the-then Congress chief minister.

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