Congress Says Nehru’s Bandung Legacy Shaped the BRICS New Delhi Declaration

Source: Times of India | Original Published At: 2026-09-12 14:44:00 UTC

Key Points

• The BRICS New Delhi Declaration recalls the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung and its principles of equality, independence, non-intervention, and mutual benefit.
• Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the reference demonstrates the continuing influence of Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for the Global South.
• BRICS leaders supported greater roles for India and Brazil at the United Nations, including aspirations concerning the Security Council.
• The declaration called for a more democratic, representative, effective, and efficient UN Security Council with stronger developing-country representation.
• BRICS condemned the April 2025 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir and reaffirmed zero tolerance for terrorism.
• The bloc expressed concern about unilateral tariff and non-tariff measures and supported an open, inclusive, rules-based multilateral trading system.
• BRICS called for WTO reform and the restoration of a fully functioning two-tier binding dispute-settlement mechanism.