# BRICS parliamentary forum opens in Delhi with PM Modi 2026-10-26T04:02:13+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum began at the Parliament House Complex in New Delhi on Monday, 26 October, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the inaugural session. The two-day gathering, running through 27 October, is themed ‘Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centric Development’ and covers four pillars, resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla held a bilateral meeting on Sunday, 25 October, with Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of Russia’s State Duma. Discussions covered counter-terrorism cooperation, United Nations Security Council reforms, and deepening ties in nuclear energy, trade, agriculture and cultural exchanges. Birla called for regular meetings of the India-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Commission and stressed exchanges among young and women parliamentarians. India and Russia will mark 80 years of diplomatic relations in 2027. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Hindustan Times and CNBC TV18 frame the forum as a routine parliamentary milestone, leading with India’s BRICS chairship theme and the four-pillar agenda. DD India’s coverage leads the same day with a much fuller account of Om Birla’s bilateral meeting with Russia, stressing the fight against terrorism and Russia’s support for India’s UNSC reform bid, a framing that foregrounds the government’s foreign-policy talking points. Where Hindustan Times treats the forum as one part of a BRICS machinery, DD India treats the Russia meeting as the story’s centrepiece. CNBC TV18 runs the same meeting detail alongside a neutral agenda list. The balanced reading: the forum opened uniformly, the India-Russia bilateral, not the forum’s substance, got the government’s emphasis. India and Russia are to mark 80 years of diplomatic relations in 2027. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 1 pro-government, 2 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Leads with four-pillar agenda, neutral wire-style report - cnbctv18.com (neutral report) Leads with India-Russia bilateral meeting details - ddindia.co.in (pro government) Leads with India-Russia bilateral, highlights terrorism and UNSC reform This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 26 October 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-10-26T04:16:45+00:00. Tags: BRICS Parliamentary Forum, India-Russia relations, Narendra Modi, New Delhi, Om Birla, Vyacheslav Volodin Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/12th-brics-parliamentary-forum-opens-in-delhi-with-pm-modi-at-inaugural-session/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/12th-brics-parliamentary-forum-opens-in-delhi-with-pm-modi-at-inaugural-session/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/