New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The BJP on Friday slammed the Congress and other opposition parties for creating a "negative atmosphere" around the BRICS summit, alleging that they are unable to "digest" India's progress as the country moves forward.
The ruling party said that while in 2011-12, under the Congress-led UPA government, India appeared to be losing its position within BRICS, today all BRICS heads of state are in India and the country is celebrating the summit "as never before."
India is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
A day earlier, the Congress questioned the benefits of hosting the BRICS Summit.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that during the tenure of Manmohan Singh, India's position in BRICS had reached a stage where people were saying that "India" should be removed and "Indonesia" should replace the "I" in BRICS.
"Congress leaders, who are lamenting and asking what did India gain, should remember
that the truth is, you ruined it, we rebuilt it (aapne doobaya, humne banaya)," he told reporters here.
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