Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:45am on 13 Nov 2026,Friday India Global
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has accused the Centre of preventing more than 100 foreign speakers from attending the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad. In a post on X, Tharoor alleged that 115 of the 315 speakers cleared by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) were either denied entry into India or had their visas cancelled. He claimed the decisions were taken on the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Tharoor said he learnt about the restrictions after arriving in Hyderabad for the summit. Criticising the alleged move, he questioned why a democracy would suppress voices it feared might be critical. The allegations have placed the Centre’s handling of foreign delegates under scrutiny.
