Mumbai: India on Wednesday successfully launched the anti-satellite missile test. On this achievement, Shiv Sena on Thursday said it was possible because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being at the helm of affairs in the country.

Lauding the country's achievement, the Sena, in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', said, "Modi hai to mumkin hai...on land and in space." Samana further said, "Till yesterday, India was a nuclear power...(former) prime ministers - from Indira Gandhi to Atal Bihari Vajpayee - worked very hard for the purpose. However, during Modi's tenure we have become a space super-power. It has all been done by our scientists.”

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Shiv Sena mouth peace further said that that amid Lok Sabha poll campaig,  where leaders are indulging in mud-slinging and hurling charges against each other, Modi gave a "pleasant news" of the success of scientists, even as there was an unprecedented suspense over what he was going to announce in his address to the nation.

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Samana also recalled that key institutions like the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) were set up during the then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's tenure. "Scientists working there have ensured the Indian flag flies high in space," it said.

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PM  Modi on Wednesday announced India demonstrated the anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a live satellite, describing it as a rare"achievement that puts the country in a club of space super powers.