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BRICS parliamentary forum opens in Delhi with PM Modi
The Story in Brief
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: 3 sources, 1 pro-government, 2 neutral
Sources (3): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), cnbctv18.com (neutral report), ddindia.co.in (pro government)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
Update, 26 October 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources.
