The concluding day of Bharat Summit 2026 on Saturday saw several seminars, panel discussions and conversations with national and international delegates on multiple topics, with delegates calling on India to strengthen its role in global affairs.
Kent Harstedt, former vice-president of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly, speaking at a panel discussion, said that the world was experiencing a period of instability, and rules-based international order was facing serious challenges. He urged India to strengthen its role in global affairs, and make its voice heard more prominently on international platforms.
The discussion also featured Driss Lachgar, first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces in Morocco, and was moderated by Sachin Pilot, Rajasthan former deputy chief minister on the topic of new world order. It discussed on how equality and justice would be the foundation for world peace.
In another session on Telangana’s culture and society, culture minister Jupally Krishna Rao said that culture is not just arts, dance or music, it is a way of life. He participated in the session along with MLC Prof. M. Kodandaram, JNU Prof. Ajay Gudavarthy, Prof. Nitin Sinha, Chairperson of Telangana Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Dr Alekhya Punjala and former MP Sandeep Dikshit.
Krishna Rao said that traditions and ways of life had, to some extent, been eroded over time and needed to be revitalised both in India and around the world. “The benefits of economic development should not remain concentrated in the hands of a few. They should reach ordinary people, farmers, workers, young people and disadvantaged communities”, he said.
Minister Mohammad Azharuddin, speaking in a panel discussion on youth and politics, said that his role as a political leader, more than his career as a cricketer, gave him the opportunity to understand people’s problems across different parts of the country in greater depth.
Rajya Sabha MP Anil Kumar Yadav, Peddapalli MP Gaddam Vamsi Krishna, AICC vice president Brijendra Singh and Telangana special representative in New Delhi A.P. Jithender Reddy participated in the programme.
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