Archive · 10 Sep 2026
BRICS 2026 Summit Draws Leaders, Questions Over India’s Moment
The BRICS Summit is scheduled to take place in New Delhi this weekend.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to visit India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet both leaders.
The meeting is being presented as an important moment for India.
However, Congress leader P. Chidambaram questioned what the summit will achieve.
This has led to a debate about whether criticism is taking attention away from the event.
Times Now discussed the issue on The Briefing Room.
The show asked who might be sullying India’s moment.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to visit New Delhi for the BRICS Summit this weekend.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet both Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
Congress leader P. Chidambaram questioned the Centre about the summit’s outcome.
The discussion asks whether criticism is overshadowing what is presented as India’s moment.
Times Now’s The Briefing Room, hosted by Madhavdas G., features a panel discussion on the issue.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Congress leader P. Chidambaram.
- What
- The 2026 BRICS Summit and debate over its expected outcome and political criticism.
- When
- This weekend, during the 2026 BRICS Summit.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- Why
- The summit is drawing attention because Modi will meet Xi and Putin, while Chidambaram has questioned the Centre’s expected outcome.
Summit as India’s Moment
Questions Over the Outcome
Significance and results
Summit as India’s Moment
The planned visits by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, along with Modi’s meetings with them, are presented as an important moment for India.
Questions Over the Outcome
Congress leader P. Chidambaram questioned the Centre about what the summit will achieve, raising doubts about its outcome.
Political criticism
Summit as India’s Moment
The framing of the discussion asks whether criticism is overshadowing India’s hosting of the summit.
Questions Over the Outcome
The criticism challenges the government to explain the summit’s results rather than relying on the event’s high-profile attendance.
- Event
- 2026 BRICS Summit
- Location
- New Delhi, India
- Timing
- This weekend
- Visiting leaders
- Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
- Indian host
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Criticism
- P. Chidambaram questioned the Centre over the summit’s outcome
- Media discussion
- Times Now’s The Briefing Room with Madhavdas G.