Mumbai: News18 India to set to host "News18 India Chaupal – Desh Ka Sabse Bada Manch" on 1-2 December. The event will be telecasted on News18 India channel from 6 p.m onwards on 1 December and 11 a.m onwards on 2 December.

The two-day summit will witness India’s top politicians, thought leaders, policymakers, sports, and film stars come together to discuss, debate, and deliberate the contemporary issues that India faces, said the channel in a statement.

The agenda of this year's edition is set around themes such as 75 years of Independence, 50 years of Indo-Pak 1971 War (Bangladesh), upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Punjab among others, key socio-political and economic issues, and the way forward, it added.

India's top leaders such as Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sharma, union health minister Mansukh Mandviya, union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari, union minister of railways, communications and electronics, and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait, and Bollywood actors Ayushmann Khurrana, Vaani Kapoor, Abhay Deol, and many others will grace the event as speakers.

The event will also host impactful debates on the upcoming elections, the role of opposition, the roadmap to 2024 elections, and other issues. The panel will feature top political voices in the country such as Congress leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Randeep Surjewala, Gaurav Vallabh, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, and others.

The sessions will be moderated by the channel’s team of leading anchors such as News18 India managing editor Kishore Ajwani, Amish Devgan, Prateek Trivedi, Aman Chopra, Amitabh Sinha, and Preeti Raghunandan.