Source: Devdiscourse | Original Published At: 2026-10-26 07:55:03 UTC
Key Points
- BJP MP Jagdambika Pal alleged that Rahul Gandhi was ‘driven by a certain prejudice’ for not attending the BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
- The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum was hosted by India with the theme ‘Fostering Parliamentary Cooperation for People-Centric Development’.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the forum’s inauguration and welcomed delegations from BRICS partner countries, including Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.
- Pal described the forum as an international conference involving 11 BRICS nations and 10 partner countries, and said it was not a partisan affair.
- Rahul Gandhi instead traveled to Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, for court proceedings in a defamation case against Amit Shah, which the court had earlier dismissed.