Om Birla's Friendship Groups: Leadership From Young Shrikant Shinde to Veteran Chidambaram
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Om Birla's 'Friendship Groups' Unite MPs: Shinde to Chidambaram Lead Global Outreach
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News18•23-02-2026, 23:19
Om Birla's 'Friendship Groups' Unite MPs: Shinde to Chidambaram Lead Global Outreach
•Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla forms parliamentary 'friendship groups' to expand India’s inter-parliamentary engagement with over 60 countries.
•Groups include MPs from across party lines, from 39-year-old Shrikant Shinde to 80-year-old P Chidambaram, emphasizing bipartisan representation.
•Senior opposition leaders like Akhilesh Yadav, Supriya Sule, Kanimozhi, Shashi Tharoor, and Asaduddin Owaisi will lead delegations to various nations.
•Key BJP leaders such as Baijayant Panda, Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Anurag Thakur are assigned to lead delegations to countries like the US, UK, and EU.
•The initiative aims to deepen dialogue, foster sustained engagement, and project India as a unified voice on the global stage, with 64 delegations announced.