West Bengal Congress Sevadal

Press Statement West Bengal Pradesh Congress* Kolkata, 14 November, 2026 Today, at the closing session of the historic 'Bharat Summit' held in Hyderabad, the capital of Congress-ruled Telangana, our leader, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, @RahulGandhi, addressed the gathering. This is not just an event, this is a unique initiative. It is a unique step in the political history of India. Today, @INCIndia is not in power across the country. Under the @BJP4India government at the Centre, the country's industry, commerce and economy have reached a dire state. The value of the rupee is falling every day. There is no employment. The youth are directionless. Everywhere there is a sense of aimlessness and despair. Standing at this juncture, Congress has shown how to give direction to the country even without being in power. Not only to the country, this summit showed the path to the entire world. This is nothing new. Time and again, India has shown the path to the world. In the Non-Aligned Movement, under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, it was Congress that showed the path to the whole world. On the path of non-violence and peace, without bowing down to any power, keeping its spine straight - India taught the world how to conduct itself in world politics. At different times, India has stood before the world with the message of peace. Today's Bharat Summit is a continuation of that same tradition. Even today, this summit showed the path to the world. India's pluralism is a positive message to the whole world. At one time, this pluralism of India, this unity in diversity, had become an ideal for the whole world. The Indian idea of moving forward together with all religions, all languages, all cultures, was our biggest message to the world. But under the present government, that pluralism has been damaged. The politics of division has hurt that tradition of India. Through this Bharat Summit, India has once again presented pluralism to the whole world in a new way. It has once again declared - India does not mean division, India means pluralism. India means taking everyone along. And we firmly believe, not only the country, but in the coming days, India will once again lead the whole world in the right way. India will once again show the world the path of peace, democracy and pluralism. One thing needs to be said very clearly here. Recently, a negative message about India is going out to the outside world. It seems India's democracy is under attack, pluralism is under attack. This message is going out, and it is true. But it is going out for state reasons, because of the government's policies. But the people of India are not like that. The people of India believe in pluralism. The people of India are the ever-vigilant guardians of democracy. The common people even today want to live together with all religions, all languages, all cultures. This Bharat Summit has once again proved that to the outside world. It has proved that the government's policy and the people's mind are not the same. India's soul is still pluralistic, India's soul is still democratic. More than 1000 delegates from 70 countries attended this Bharat Summit. The issues discussed over the last three days in 12 international sessions and 8 Telangana Rising sessions are the real agenda of today's India, and the real agenda of today's world. 1. Protecting Democracy and Democratic Renewal:* Standing on the three values of democracy, non-violence and non-alignment, Rahul Gandhi has given direction for an alternative foreign policy for India. Principled multilateralism, strategic autonomy, peaceful coexistence and democratic values will be the path for tomorrow's India, the path for tomorrow's world. (1/2)...