Bharatiya Janata Party · 2019
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वादा प्राप्त करने का नहीं, माँगने और प्रयास तेज़ करने का है — और उस पाठ पर वह निभाया जा रहा है, बिना परिणाम। विदेश मंत्रालय ने 7 अगस्त 2026 को संसद को बताया कि सरकार ‘विस्तारित संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद में भारत की स्थायी सदस्यता को उच्चतम प्राथमिकता देती है’, कि यह ‘भारत द्वारा द्विपक्षीय और बहुपक्षीय दोनों स्तरों पर, उच्चतम स्तर सहित, लगातार उठाया जाता है’, और कि भारत की सक्रियता ‘सभी पाँच स्थायी सदस्यों सहित विभिन्न देशों’ तक फैली है। उत्तर बाधा को भी बिना नरम किए बताता है: ‘सुरक्षा परिषद के विस्तार के लिए संयुक्त राष्ट्र चार्टर में संशोधन आवश्यक है’ — जिसके लिए महासभा के दो-तिहाई और पाँचों स्थायी सदस्यों के अनुसमर्थन चाहिए।
“हम संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद की स्थायी सदस्यता प्राप्त करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हैं ताकि यह निकाय विश्व की समकालीन भू-राजनीतिक वास्तविकताओं को प्रतिबिंबित करे। हम इन उद्देश्यों की दिशा में अपने प्रयास तेज़ करने के लिए संकल्पबद्ध हैं।”कोई कैग निष्पादन लेखापरीक्षा प्रकाशित नहीं
इस योजना पर कैग की कोई निष्पादन लेखापरीक्षा प्रकाशित नहीं हुई है। लेखापरीक्षा का न होना इस बात का प्रमाण नहीं है कि दावा सही है या ग़लत।
यह किसी योजना का नहीं, विदेश नीति का उद्देश्य है, इसलिए उद्धृत करने योग्य कोई लेखापरीक्षा नहीं है। यहाँ अभिलेख विदेश मंत्रालय का अपना संसद-विवरण है।
कोई लेखापरीक्षा अवधि नहीं — इस योजना पर कैग की कोई निष्पादन लेखापरीक्षा प्रकाशित नहीं हुई।
India not a permanent member; expansion requires an amendment of the United Nations Charter
मंत्रालय इस प्रश्न का उत्तर नहीं देता कि चीन भारत की दावेदारी का समर्थन करेगा या नहीं, केवल इतना कहता है कि भारत की सक्रियता पाँचों स्थायी सदस्यों तक है। परिषद सुधार पर अंतर-सरकारी वार्ताएँ महासभा में 2009 से चल रही हैं और अब तक कोई वार्ता-योग्य पाठ नहीं बना।
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3440, Permanent Membership for UNSC — answer by the Ministry of External Affairs
A note on the claim. This entry was imported as a 2014 promise. The 2014 manifesto's only reference to a "Security Council" is the National Security Council, a domestic body; the UN Security Council commitment is in the 2019 manifesto, and the entry has been moved accordingly.
The promise as written is about effort, not outcome: "We are committed to seeking permanent membership of the United Nation Security Council so that the body reflects the contemporary geopolitical realities of the world. We are determined to intensify our efforts towards these objectives."
On effort, the Ministry of External Affairs' answer of 7 August 2026 describes exactly that. The government "accords highest priority to securing permanent membership for India in an expanded United Nations Security Council… This is consistently taken up by India both bilaterally and multilaterally at various levels, including at the highest levels. India's engagements in this regard cover various countries, including all five permanent members of the UNSC." India argues for "expanding both permanent and non-permanent categories and greater representation of the developing countries, with emphasis on the Global South".
On outcome, nothing has changed, and the answer explains why in a single sentence: "Expansion of the UNSC warrants an amendment of the United Nations Charter." Article 108 requires a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly and ratification by two-thirds of members including all five permanent members. Any one of the five can stop it.
The question the member actually asked was sharper than the answer given: "whether China is never likely to support the said Permanent Membership for India at the UNSC". The ministry does not address it, saying only that India engages all five. That is the diplomatic answer and probably the only one available to a government that must keep asking.
For context this fact-check can state without attributing it to the ministry: intergovernmental negotiations on Council reform have been running at the General Assembly since 2009 and have not produced a single negotiating text, because a group of states opposes new permanent seats in principle.
A promise to seek and intensify, being pursued at the highest level, against an obstacle no amount of Indian effort can remove on its own. Our verdict is partly accurate.
BJP Sankalp Patra 2019 — Lok Sabha election manifesto
“Through this Sankalp Patra, you would get a glimpse of the challenges of the yesteryears, the indomitable efforts made by 130 crore Indians to overcome those challenges and our collective vision for the future… There are two commitments that I am extremely passionate about — doubling of farmer income and housing for all, by the year 2022.”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3440, Permanent Membership for UNSC — answer by the Ministry of External Affairs
“Government of India accords highest priority to securing permanent membership for India in an expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC). This is consistently taken up by India both bilaterally and multilaterally at various levels, including at the highest levels. India's engagements in this regard cover various countries, including all five permanent members of the UNSC. Expansion of the UNSC warrants an amendment of the United Nations Charter. India strongly believes that it has all the credentials to be a permanent member of a reformed and expanded UNSC that reflects contemporary global realities. India consistently highlights the need for expanding both permanent and non-permanent categories and greater representation of the developing countries, with emphasis on the Global South, in an expanded and reformed [Council].”