“Referencing the Mahabharat in Lok Sabha is a Trend Now,” says Speaker Om Birla

New Delhi:

Invoking the Mahabharat in the Lok Sabha is currently fashionable, according to Speaker Om Birla, who urged an MP to avoid narrating tales and focus on concise queries.

While directing a query to the Union Ayush minister, BJP member from Odisha’s Bargarh Pradip Purohit mentioned an ayurvedic college and traced the origins of the herbs in the region back to ancient times. “Do not narrate stories, ask the question (“aap Mahabharat mat sunao, aap prashna poocho“),” Mr Birla advised the member during the Question Hour.

The speaker then remarked that referencing the Mahabharat is trendy these days. “Aaj kal, Mahabharat sunane ka kissa zyada chala hai yahan par,” Birla stated.

Employing the ‘chakravyuh’ analogy, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi recently claimed that a climate of fear envelops the nation with a group of six ensnaring the entire country in a ‘chakravyuh’.

In a speech drawing from the Mahabharat, the former Congress leader alleged that the primary objective of the Union Budget was to reinforce the structure of large corporations, political dominance that undermines the democratic framework, and the deep state or the agencies.

BJP’s Anurag Thakur retaliated against Mr Gandhi, stating that the Congress had set numerous traps for the country – the first being the Partition of the nation, the second favoring China, the third imposing Emergency, the fourth involving the Bofors scandal and anti-Sikh riots, the fifth crafting a narrative against the ancient religion (sanatan) and the sixth damaging the country’s politics, culture, and traditions.

Mr Thakur emphasized that Prime Minister Narendra Modi rescued the country from the Congress’ ‘chakravyuh’.

Mr Gandhi’s allusion was to the Mahabharat tale in which Abhimanyu was defeated in a ‘chakravyuh’.

‘Chakravyuh’ denotes a complex military formation designed to entrap a warrior with adversaries strategically positioned in a lotus-shaped labyrinth.