Telangana to host Bharat Summit on November 13 and 14

Congress Party Leaders Salman Khurshid, D. Sridhar Babu, (Minister, Telangana) B. Mahesh Kumar Goud , President Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) during a press conference at AICC Office in New Delhi on November 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap

The Telangana government will host the Bharat Summit 2026 in Hyderabad on November 13 and 14, bringing together political leaders, policymakers, academics, business representatives and civil society members from around 70 countries to discuss global challenges and international cooperation.

Announcing the event at a press conference here on Tuesday, the chairman of the Congress party’s Foreign Affairs Department, Mr. Salman Khurshid, said the deliberations would focus on democracy, social and economic justice, climate change, gender equality, foreign policy and the changing global order.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have been invited to attend, he said.

The summit will also discuss the implications of artificial intelligence, cloud capitalism and challenges to democratic institutions, as well as explore greater cooperation between countries of the Global North and Global South.

Telangana Minister Sridhar Babu said special sessions under the theme ‘Telangana Rising’ would showcase the State’s development initiatives and discuss urbanisation, welfare, federalism, culture and youth affairs.

Congress Working Committee member Gurdeep Sappal said the idea of an international think-tank involving progressive political parties had emerged during Mr Gandhi’s visit to Germany last year, against the backdrop of a changing global order.

Published - November 10, 2026 10:32 pm IST