Rahul for Forging New Global Order

Bharat Summit in Hyderabad on November 13-14, is being billed as an effort to change the very landscape, by reversing the global trend of Divisive and Hate Agenda moving on to global centre stage, with Conservative regimes coming to power in several countries. Recent electoral outcomes in the United States, Brazil, Israel and Serbia seemed to suggest that democracy has resilience to bounce make, despite concerted attempts to derail it.  

Bharat Summit is part of Rahul Gandhi's pioneering effort to forge a New Global Order, by making common cause with progressive political parties across the world. 

At a curtain-raiser briefing by AICC Foreign Department Chairman Salman Khurshid, Samriddh Bharat head Gurdeep Sappal, Telangana Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu and TPCC President Mahesh Kumar Goud at the AICC Headquarters on Tuesday, it was revealed that 1,000 delegates of progressive parties from 70 countries and representatives of Think-Tanks will deliberate on ways and means to confront and counter the challenge posed by conservatives. 

During Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Germany in 2025, the idea emerged of setting up an international think-tank that would bring together people from various progressive parties across the world. Objective of such a think-tank is to address challenges posed by the changing global order. At the Bharat Summit, this idea could be taken forward and formalized. 

AICC Foreign Department Chairman and former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid called for reorienting the Indian foreign policy. The Congress is opposed to Transactional Foreign Policy and favours ideologically-driven foreign policy. Enlightened national interest is acceptable, but not a self-centred or selfish foreign policy. 

Salman Khurshid said that Bharat Summit, being hosted in Telangana, will provide a platform for discussions on democracy, social and economic justice, climate change, gender equality, foreign policy and the changing global order. 

Exploring a new framework for international cooperation will top the agenda of Bharat Summit. It provides a platform to international political leaders, policymakers, academics, business representatives and civil society members will deliberate on pressing global challenges. 

AICC Amin Incharge Gurdeep Singh Sappal, who heads Samriddh Bharat that coordinates Bharat Summit said there is growing realization among the people that they do not benefit under conservative regimes. Such regimes have a common gameplan to create an external enemy as a distraction, making social media as the platform to promote hate, with no focus on benefitting the common people. Not political leaders, but IT giants are attempting the political direction in their respective countries. Progressive leaders will share experiences on how liberal, progressive parties can combat this trend. 

Telangana Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu said special sessions under the Telangana Rising will showcase the State’s development initiatives. While a total of 12 sessions are being organized, 8 sessions will exclusively focus on themes related to Telangana development initiatives. Other four sessions will focus on international issues.  Sridhar Babu said focus will be on examining Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's Fourth City Project and Urbanization, economic justice, social justice, welfare, federalism, culture, youth and sports.

Telangana PCC President Mahesh Kumar Goud, who earlier called on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, said Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi are expected to attend the Bharat Summit.

-Venkat Parsa