Parliament session updates: Both Houses adjourned amid uproar over George Soros link row

The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha stand adjourned for the day

The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha have been adjourned till 3 PM.

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha have been adjourned till 3 PM

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal has alleged that the House is getting adjourned only because of the central government.

"They don't want to run the House at all. We raised the issue and they adjourned the House within 10 seconds... The govt doesn't want to hear the name of Adani in the parliament," he added.

Venugopal further alleged that Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju made a very provocative and defamatory statement just before the House commenced today and said, "That is a new thing."

BJD MP Sasmit Patra told ANI that the way proceedings of the house gets disrupted, it is very unfortunate for smaller parties like his (Biju Janata Dal).

"...because every day we come armed with our zero hours questions, supplementary special mentions, our debates and we generally find that larger parties dominate the overall proceedings and based on which side they are on that day the House gets adjourned," he added.

Patra further said, "On one side you have the BJP which is raising the issue of George Soros and the Congress Party on the other side is raising the Adani issue. I believe a good platform for both of them to take up such issues is the Constitution debate. As you know the Constitution debate is supposed to happen in the Lok Sabha later this week and in the Rajya Samah early next week. I believe the Constitution debate will provide the right opportunity for all political parties to raise everything and anything within the perspective of the Constitution."

CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar has alleged that raising the matter of George Soros' "link" with the Congress party is a "well calculated, deliberate, but shameful attempt to save Adani".

"The ruling front is trying to save Adani. We will not allow this, the entire opposition is united in this regard," Kumar told reporters.

The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, which were earlier adjourned till 1 pm, have once again been adjourned. This time, till 2 pm.

BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, while addressing a press conference, said that George Soros is the same person who openly admitted to investing $1 billion to "destabilise the Modi government".

Trivedi further said that George Soros Foundation financially supports the Forum of Democratic Leaders in Asia-Pacific, of which Sonia Gandhi is a member.

The Forum has four co-chairs and Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation is one of the co-chairpersons of the Forum of Democratic Leaders in Asia-Pacific, he added.

Trivedi said that the Opposition does not want Soros' investment matter to be discussed. "What is the connection of the Congress with the Forum of Democratic Leaders in Asia-Pacific? Are the anti-India and pro-Pakistan things written in the Forum of Democratic Leaders in Asia-Pacific written with your (Congress) understanding?... Does the Congress have any connection with the traitors (George Soros)?" he asked.

Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the Congress is running away from a discussion over its links with billionaire George Soros because it is afraid that its secrets will get exposed.

He said that the Centre wants an unequivocal discussion on this matter.

BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that the way Opposition leaders behave in the House, it poses a big question before the Congress that "why they don't want the House to function".

"Why Congress is running away from having a discussion (regarding George Soros' alleged links). Is there anything related to any kind of give and take? Was there any nexus? Was there any effort to weaken India's democracy? Rahul Gandhi should answer all these," Rudy told ANI.

Hitting out at Rajya Sabha's chair Jagdeep Dhankar, Congress MP Digvijaya Singh said, "I have been in governemnt, in opposition, as an MLA and also as and MP from 1977, but, in my entire political career, I have never seen such a biased chairman... He doesn't let us speak but makes everyone (from the govt) speak, one by one."

Congress leader KC Venugopal told PTI that both the adjournment of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha was not "because of us" (Opposition).

...We are coming here to have a discussion in Parliament. I have never seen such a picture... the government didn't want to have a discussion in Parliament. Government didn't want to run the Parliament. The government is disturbing the Parliament. Every morning Parliamentary Affairs minister is issuing provocative statement," he said.

BJP MP Arun Singh had said in the Rajya Sabha that the reports on links between George Soros and the Congress is a "very serious matter" and it should be discussed in the House.

Chandrashekhar Azad, president of Azad Samaj Party-Kanshiram, said, "I am trying to raise the pain of unemployed youth in Parliament...The government does not want to answer the questions in Parliament...Education has become very expensive as 50% of the education sector has been privatised...There are many flaws in the recruitment drive...The government should address the grievances of the youth..."

Amid constant sloganeering from the opposition, Lok Sabha has been once again adjourned till 2 pm.

As Lok Sabha proceedings resumed, Opposition leaders began their sloganeering, chanting “We want justice” in the House.

Lok Sabha session has resumed. Sandhya Ray is presiding over the proceedings.

After the Rajya Sabha got adjourned till 1 pm, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari outside the House spoke to PTI and said, "“INDIA alliance is working towards achieving its aim. I believe that we all together ( the alliance parties) will remove the government which is against farmers and youth."

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar adjourned the House till 1 pm after ruckus erupted during the winter session.

Congress leader Pramod Tiwari stood up in the Rajya Sabha and pointed out that after Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar rejects the notices, no statements made in connection with the same goes on record.

He said that the Upper House should function properly.

Jairam Ramesh raised fingers at Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar and accused him of being a party to the game plan of the Centre.

"It is the most unfair thing," the Congress leader said on Dhankar rejecting the notices submitted by the leaders.

He told the Chairman that he should be protecting the House and not take part in such "games".

The BJP-led Centre and the Opposition leaders have engaged in a war of words in the Rajya Sabha, creating ruckus in the House.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar said in the Upper House, "We started our current session by entering into the fourth quarter of a century of adoption of the Indian constitution. The entire week the House could not function. No one should paralyse the House…"

Alleging the Centre does not want the Parliament to function, Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajya Sabha said that the government is “killing the democracy”.