In the Parliament today, Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, saying that it had trapped Indians in a modern-day ‘chakravyuh’ while referencing Mahabharata, the Hindu epic.
“There’s an atmosphere of fear in India, and that fear has pervaded every part of our country. The problem is that in the BJP, only one man is allowed to dream to be the PM. If the Defence Minister decides to want to be the PM, there is a big problem; there’s fear. This fear has been spread throughout the country, and the question I ask myself is, why is it that this fear is spreading so deeply? Why is it that my friends in the BJP are terrified, ministers are terrified, farmers are terrified, workers are terrified?” asked Gandhi.
He further elaborated on the metaphor of the ‘chakravyuh’ drawing parallels between the shape of the structure resembling a lotus flower, referencing the BJP’s party symbol. Alleging that the saffron party had prepared another ‘chakravyuh’ in the 21st century, Gandhi named six people in the middle of it: Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat, Ajit Doval, Adani and Ambani.
