Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will deliver the maiden Atal Bihari Vajpayee memorial lecture at the fifth edition of the India Ideas Conclave, which will also be addressed by former Nepalese prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and several Union ministers.
Organised by India Foundation, the three-day event starting October 26 will see a number of speakers, including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Harivansh Narayan Singh, and Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Suresh Prabhu, Jayant Sinha, Hardeep Singh Puri and Satyapal Singh, a statement said Tuesday.
The three-day conclave, it added, will have "citizens manifesto" as the theme.
The foundation has also instituted the "Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture" in the memory of the former prime minister, a BJP stalwart who died on August 16 following a prolonged illness.
Jaitley, a BJP leader, will be delivering the lecture on the topic of "Indian democracy-its maturity and challenges", it said.
Among the issues to be discussed are the agenda for national unity, inclusive economic prosperity, social equilibrium, good governance, politics of accountability and peace. Issues like global aspirations of India, citizens' agenda and media and citizens' agenda and judiciary will also be discussed, it said.