NEW DELHI, July 29 (TIWN): Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said on Monday, July 29, that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government had stabbed the middle class in the front and the back with announcements in Budget 2024 amid an ‘atmosphere of fear’ across the country.

Gandhi spoke in Lok Sabha on Budget 2024 amid furore by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers over his remarks about a Chakravyuh of 6 people that has trapped the country.

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Gandhi identified the six key players: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat, Ajit Doval, Mukesh Ambani, and Gautam Adani. He drew a striking parallel between this "Lotus formation" and the legendary story of Abhimanyu, who fell prey to a similar trap in the Mahabharata.

“Modiji asked the middle class to bang pots during COVID-19, and they did. Then he asked them to use their mobile phone's flashlights, and they did. But the same middle class was stabbed in the chest and in the back in Budget 2024,” Rahul Gandhi said.