New Delhi: The Congress is organising an international conference as a part of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's birth anniversary celebrations. Congress leaders says barring Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties all others have been invited.
Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not been invited for the event to be held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Janata Dal United, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Left Front, Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party have all been invited for the event, said Congress leaders.
Despite the NCP supporting the BJP government in Maharashtra, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar to attend Nehru's birth anniversary celebrations.
The Congress is organising an international conference from November 17-18 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of India's first prime minister. Congress deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma said on Tuesday that the conference will discuss Nehru's view on democracy, inclusion, empowering India and representative global order.
"It will provide a platform to reflect on Nehru's worldview and legacy in the context of contemporary global challenges of 21st century," he said. Sharma, who is the convenor of the organising committee of the conference, said that 55 leaders and international delegates had confirmed their participation. These include former presidents Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan), John Kufuor (Ghana), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), former Nepal prime minister Madhav K Nepal and Queen Mother of Bhutan Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk.
The African National Congress, Communist Party of China, Awami League of Bangladesh, Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Vietnam and UNMO of Malaysia have also confirmed attendance.
(With inputs from IANS)
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