Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule, Bharatiya Janata Party's MLA Devendra Fadnavis, Independent MLA Vivek Pandit and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MLA Shishir Shinde attended the seminar; BJP MP Prakash Javedekar was chairperson of this seminar.
 
BJP's Devendra Fadnavis said, "The next 25 years are very critical and most importance for the future of India and Maharashtra. During this period we are going to have 64 to 80 per cent working age population and the average age will be 25 to 29. So, we should try to convert this young power for the progress of Maharashtra and as well as India, so that we can overcome the challenges like: education, employment and development of basic infrastructure."

He introduced the three-pronged formula of expansion, inclusion and excellence needs to be adopted. Commercialisation of education must be stopped. It must be made affordable to all. Agro-based and knowledge-based industries must be developed. Another big challenge is to reduce malnutrition amongst mothers and infants. There must also be a balance in the development of different parts of the state.
 
NCP MP and daughter of Union Agri and Food Minister, Supriya Sule upheld the need for education for all for a bright future of Maharashtra.

She said, "We all (all parties) want the same thing for our country and the state progressiveness. Maharashtra can go ahead only with education. It will bring about equality. I feel proud to say that all parties come together and take unanimous decisions in the Lok Sabha on issues concerning our countrymen. We have formed a group of 20 MPs, all from different parties who came together to take up issues of all states of the country; it may be a state ruled by the United Progressive Alliance government or National Democratic Alliance government, it doesn't matter."
 
Independent MLA, Vivek Pandit pointed out social security, criminalisation of politics, social imbalance and education as some of the important issues that need to be tackled. He said, "We all should forget party differences and come together for the 10 crore people of the state. Long-term planning needs to be done and we need to start now. We need to increase people's participation in planning."

The represtative of Raj Thackeray's MNS party and MLA, Shishir Shinde said that planning must be done not for the next 25 years but for the next 100 years. "Urbanisation is the biggest problem but the problems of locals must be addressed first. Our party will come to power in 2014 and after that all problems like, water supply, education will be solved," Shinde said.