The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (September 11, 2026) slammed the Congress and other Opposition parties for creating a “negative atmosphere” around the BRICS summit , alleging that they are unable to “digest” India’s progress as the country moves forward.
The ruling party said that while in 2011-12, under the Congress-led UPA government, India appeared to be losing its position within BRICS , today all BRICS’ heads of state are in India, and the country is celebrating the bloc “as never before. India is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Citing a 2012 article based on comments by global financial services firm Goldman Sachs, Mr.
Because the markets are so worried about India, as I mentioned earlier, if we do indeed get some reforms, perhaps India will further rally ahead of the move than the other markets, that being said,. “China would be the most attractive; India would be relatively the least… I have China as number one, probably right now, Brazil as number two, Russia is number three, and India is number four,” Mr. Patra quoted O’Neill as saying.
In a video message, BJP MP and national spokesperson Sambit Patra said that while the “I” in BRIC was “turning shaky” in 2011-12, India is now one of the strongest partners of BRICS. “Today, India has found its position in the global arena as never before,” he said. I think they need to be shown a mirror,” he said. Patra said its headline was “India least attractive BRICS member in valuation terms. “Goldman Sachs clearly says that in 2012, if there was one BRIC member that was the least attractive in terms of valuation, it was India,” Mr. Patra said. He said when Jim O’Neill, then chairman of Goldman Sachs, was asked whether Brazil was the strongest BRIC country and India the weakest, he said India was the least attractive in terms of valuation. He further said the final line of the article stated that it would not be a surprise if Indonesia replaced India, as Indonesia had moved far ahead.
A day earlier, the Congress questioned the benefits of hosting the BRICS Summit. “Today, the Congress party and some Opposition parties are trying to spread negativity and create a negative atmosphere around the BRICS Summit.
