Bharat Summit to Host Global Talks on Political, Social and Economic Equity in Hyderabad : Dy CM Bhatti
Hyderabad, Nov 11 (TNT): Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu on Wednesday said the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad was emerging as an important global platform for deliberations on political, social and economic equity, and expressed confidence that it would eventually attain international significance similar to the Davos summit in the field of business and economy.
The second edition of the Bharat Summit, being organised under the leadership of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, will be held at HITEX on November 13 and 14. More than 1,000 delegates, including elected representatives, policymakers and intellectuals from over 70 countries, have confirmed their participation.
Addressing a press conference at HITEX along with IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu, former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Congress Working Committee member Gurdeep Singh Sabbal, TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud and Lok Sabha member Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, Vikramarka said safeguarding democracy, non-violence and non-alignment would be the key themes of the summit.
Referring to India’s non-alignment policy, he said it was a cornerstone of the Nehruvian foreign policy and had earned worldwide respect.
India should preserve its independent identity rather than align itself with foreign powers, while pursuing development and progressive international cooperation, he said.
The summit would highlight the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of Ahimsa (non-violence), Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy of non-alignment and India’s mixed economic model, which continued to offer guiding principles for the world, he added.
Expressing concern over the growing tendency among ruling parties across the world to treat opposition parties as enemies, Vikramarka said the ruling party and opposition were two essential pillars of democracy.
Attempts to eliminate opposition parties and their leaders were detrimental to democratic values, while respecting diverse opinions was fundamental to a democratic system.
On the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, he said the Congress was opposed to any move that could deprive eligible citizens of their voting rights. Protecting every citizen’s right to vote was a core commitment of the party, he said.
The Congress was not merely fighting for the voting rights of its own members and workers but was raising its voice on behalf of every citizen facing the risk of losing the right to vote under the SIR exercise, he added.
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