Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urges BRICS parliaments to prioritize youth concerns at inaugural forum
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed the inaugural session of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum at Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi on October 26, 2026. Birla stated that parliaments have a vital responsibility to listen to young people and understand their hopes and concerns, noting that youth today have growing access to quality education and technological knowledge with a strong desire to innovate. He emphasized that empowering young people was an investment in their future and a commitment to the collective destiny of nations, calling for meaningful opportunities, dignity, and an enabling environment for talents to flourish. Birla said the world was passing through a period of 'profound uncertainty' marked by regional conflicts, economic instability, and climate change, whose consequences transcended national boundaries. He stressed that parliaments, as vibrant expressions of the people's will, could serve as bridges of understanding to strengthen mutual confidence and ease internatio
Why it matters
Om Birla's address frames youth empowerment as a shared BRICS priority, urging parliaments to translate educational access into tangible opportunities for the generation entering the workforce amid global instability. The speech positions young people as critical to BRICS' evolution from a discussion forum into an 'ecosystem of solutions,' directly affecting the 1.3 billion youth cohort across member nations.
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