Tharoor says India barred 115 foreign speakers from Hyderabad summit

Telangana’s chief minister calls Modi a dictator after visas were cancelled for invited speakers; the foreign ministry says visas are a sovereign matter.

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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy speaks into a microphone
Telangana ke wazir-e-aala A. Revanth Reddy 13 November 2026 ko Hyderabad mein guftagu kar rahe hain. — TELANGANA I&PR DEPARTMENT/HANDOUT
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— Congress ke rukn-e-parliament Shashi Tharoor ke mutabiq Bharat ne Hyderabad mein Congress ki himayat-yafta aik summit mein mudoo 315 muqarrireen mein se 115 ko mulk mein dakhil hone se rok diya hai, jis se opposition jamaat aur wazir-e-azam Narendra Modi ki hukoomat ke darmiyan aik naya tanaza khara ho gaya hai.

Bharti wazarat-e-kharja ne na to is tadaad ki tardeed ki aur na hi in faislon ki wazahat ki. Wazarat ke tarjuman Randhir Jaiswal ne visas ki mansookhi ke baare mein sawal par kaha, “Visa ke maamlaat kisi bhi mulk ya kisi bhi hukoomat ke khudmukhtar ikhtiyarat hain.” Wazarat-e-dakhla ki jaanib se fori taur par koi jawab nahin aaya.

Do roza Bharat Summit, jis ka yeh doosra edition hai, Jumme ko shuru hui aur Haftay ko khatam ho rahi hai. Tawaqqo thi ke Bharat aur 70 deegar mumalik se taqreeban aik hazaar shuraka mausmiyati tabdeeli, infrastructure, aur sarmaya-kaari par baat karenge. Telangana ki Congress hukoomat ise December mein Hyderabad mein hone wali Invest Telangana Global Summit ka pesh-khema qarar deti hai.

Wazir-e-aala A. Revanth Reddy ne aik news conference mein kaha ke wazarat-e-kharja aur wazarat-e-dakhla ne Modi par sawal uthane walon ko bahar rakha, taham unhon ne yeh nahin bataya ke aise afraad kitne hain. Unhon ne kaha, “Mujhe samajh nahin aata ke BJP opposition ki mutanawwe awazon se kyun pareshan hai. Narendra Modi samajhte hain ke woh aik aamir hain jo har awaz ko daba sakte hain.”

Tharoor ne visas ki mansookhi ki qanooni bunyaad par sawal uthaya aur kaha ke yeh faislay itni takheer se aaye ke summit khatam hone se pehle in mein se koi bhi wapas nahin liya ja sakta tha. Unhon ne likha, “Kaisi sharm ki baat hai ke aik qabil-e-fakhr jamhooriyat itni ghair mehfooz ho gayi hai ke use har us awaz ko dabana parta hai jis ke tanqeedi hone ka use khadsha ho.” Congress ke aik aur rukn-e-parliament Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy ne kaha ke taqreeban 30 feesad mudooeen visa masail ki wajah se safar nahin kar sake.

In mein Helle Lyng bhi shamil hain, Norway ki woh sahafi jinhon ne May mein Oslo mein azadi-e-sahafat par Modi se sawal kiya tha. Unhein Haftay ko media ke mustaqbil par baat karni thi, lekin un ka kehna hai ke Norway mein Bharti sifarat khane ne unhein bataya ke visa aur siyasi clearance hone ke bawajood woh safar nahin kar saktin, kyunke wazarat-e-dakhla mein “upar se ahkamaat” aaye hain.

BJP ne is taqreeb par shadeed tanqeed ki hai. Telangana mein party ke senior rehnuma aur markazi wazeer G. Kishan Reddy ne kaha ke is summit ka maqsad Bharat par tanqeed karne wali quwwaton ko ikattha karna tha. Party ke riyasti sadr N. Ramchander Rao ne ise “Bharat mukhalif summit” qarar diya aur sawal kiya ke riyasti hukoomat paison ki kami ke bawajood is par croron rupay kyun kharch kar rahi hai. Unhon ne Revanth Reddy par Rahul Gandhi ko khush karne ke liye “Bharat mukhalif quwwaton” ki sarparasti ka ilzaam lagaya.

Revanth Reddy ke mutabiq Lok Sabha mein qaaid-e-hizb-e-ikhtilaf Rahul Gandhi Haftay ko summit se khitab karenge aur gig aur platform workers ke liye Telangana ki policy ka ijra karenge. Unhon ne sawal kiya, “Is mein kya ghalat hai?” Un ke saath maujood sabiq markazi wazeer Salman Khurshid ne kaha ke muntazimeen chahte hain ke Hyderabad Davos ki tarah aalmi mubahise ka markaz bane.

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