“Rebuttal To P Chidambaram – What Has Bharat Achieved? BRICS, QUAD & SCO”, News18, 10 Sep 2026.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pursued a foreign policy of multi-alignment and strategic autonomy, simultaneously deepened engagement in BRICS, revived and operationalised the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) and used the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to expand its Eurasian footprint. The result is not allegiance to any single camp but a web of partnerships that amplify India’s voice as a leading economy, a security provider in the Indo-Pacific and a champion of the Global South. The approach treats these groupings as complementary rather than contradictory. BRICS provides institutional alternatives in development finance and a platform for emerging-economy coordination. QUAD delivers technology, maritime domain awareness and supply-chain partnerships with the United States, Japan and Australia. SCO offers Central Asian connectivity, counter-terrorism mechanisms and a venue for managing relations with China and Russia. Under Modi, India has moved from participant to agenda-setter in all three.

India is a founding member of BRICS. Subsequent Indian chairmanships in 2016, 2021 and 2026 under Modi have given New Delhi repeated opportunities to shape the grouping’s direction. The 2016 Goa summit produced the Goa Declaration with strong language on terrorism and a call to expedite the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. Leaders established a Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, signed an MoU for a BRICS Agriculture Research Platform and advanced customs’ and tax cooperation. The NDB, then in its first year, was directed toward infrastructure and renewable energy. Intra-BRICS trade was targeted for doubling, and outreach with BIMSTEC was initiated…………”

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