Congress wants to deviate the issue of Sonia Gandhi-George Soros link: JP Nadda

Union minister and BJP national president Jagar Prakash Nadda slammed Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for filming a mimicry of Dhankhar in Parliament.

Nadda said, "Vice President of India, who also happens to be the Rajya Sabha chairman, is a constitutional post and his mimicry being done in the parliament premises and the LoP in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi is making a video of it and instigating him to continue doing it.

"It reminded me of my college days as the students of the opposition and ruling parties behaved. Congress party and its veteran leader Sonia Gandhi didn't even speak a word against it..."

Nadda claimed the Congress wants to "deviate and divert" the issue centred on the alleged link between Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi and George Soros.

"They have hurt the democratic system of the country. They want to deviate and divert the issue which is  the countrymen are very disturbed when they come to know that a person named George Soros wants to disturb the stability of the nation

"The nation wants to know the connection between Sonia Gandhi and George Soros," the Rajya Sabha MP said.

The BJP on Sunday alleged Sonia was linked to George Soros funded Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP) and she served the organisation in the capacity of the co-president.

The BJP has alleged Soros founded organisation supported the idea of Kashmir as an independent nation.

The party also claimed that the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, under Sonia Gandhi’s chairmanship, partnered with the Soros Foundation, "demonstrating the impact of foreign funding on Indian organizations."

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said, "These kinds of theories have no place in serious political discourse...These kinds of deep state theories must be dismissed."

On Thursday, Nadda also slammed Congress president and Rajya Sabha floor leader, Mallikarjun Kharge, over his allegations against Dhankhar, who remained defiant in his post.

Nadda told ANI, "Yesterday the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge levelled allegations against the Rajya Sabha chairman. Mallikarjun Kharge who is a very senior leader should have the information that the ruling of the chairman is final and unquestionable. Levelling these kinds of allegations is condemnable...This is very unfortunate.

"Mallikarjun Kharge has been given adequate opportunities to speak in the parliament but on record has said that he will not speak. He was also invited into the chamber to speak but he refused. This shows that the motive of the Congress party is to not co-operate in the house...They (Congress party) want to create disruptions in the functioning of Parliament..."