Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi claimed that he will soon become the target of an Enforcement Directorate raid. He cited his recent speech using the ‘chakravyuh’ military formation metaphor to hit out at the ruling government as the trigger for this planned raid.
Taking to social media X, the 54-year-old leader alleged that he received information from sources within the ED itself, indicating that a raid against him was being planned by the central probe agency. Despite the looming possibility of such an action, Gandhi conveyed a defiant stance, declaring that he would welcome the ED officials with “open arms.”
“Apparently, 2 in 1 didn’t like my Chakravyuh speech. ED ‘insiders’ tell me a raid is being planned. Waiting with open arms @dir_ed…..Chai and biscuits on me (sic),” the Congress leader wrote in his post.
During a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the Union budget, Rahul Gandhi cited the ‘Chkravyuh’ military formation in Mahabharata to say that a similar formation is being made by six people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani to harm people.
‘Chakravyuh’ refers to a multi-layered military formation aimed at trapping a warrior by opponents placed strategically in an alignment resembling a lotus-shaped labyrinth.
“In the 21st century, another ‘chakravyuh’ has been formed. It is in the form of a lotus and the prime minister wears the symbol on his chest. What was done with Abhinmanyu is being done with India, with its youth, women, farmers and small and medium businesses,” the Congress leader had said.
The ‘chakravyuh’ is also called a ‘padmavyuha’ for its resemblance to a lotus (BJP’s election symbol) formation, Gandhi had observed. Speaking further, the LoP said that the budget has stabbed the middle class, which enthusiastically banged thalis when asked to do so by Prime Minister Modi.
The LoP said that the ‘Chakravyuh’ that the central government has built is harming crores of people. Subsequently, BJP Lok Sabha MP Anurag Thakur took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statements on Mahabharata and Chakravyuh on Wednesday and said that some people are ‘accidental Hindus’ and their knowledge of Mahabharata is accidental too.
