While MP Gaurav Gogoi alleged in the Lok Sabha that the government was using George Soros as a ‘shield’ to hide its ‘failures’ in Manipur, J P Nadda in the Rajya Sabha questioned Sonia Gandhi’s links to the US-based investor.

In the upper house of Parliament, Leader of the House and Health Minister J P Nadda, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed the Opposition for a motion against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar even as the Opposition members agitated on the Adani issue.

Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's "fidelity" was towards the ruling BJP instead of the Constitution and constitutional tradition.