Photos| HTLS 2019: Mahua Moitra and MPs, Manish Malhotra and Arvind Kejriwal cap Day 2
Day 2 at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2019 began with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in conversation with HT Editor-in-Chief R Sukumar on the current economic situation, GST and growth. Hollywood couple Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, and the CMs of Punjab’s and Chhattisgarh Amarinder Singh and Bhupesh Baghel respectively took to the stage in the first half. The final half of the summit saw representatives from government such as Members of Parliament Mahua Moitra, Manish Tewari, Jamyang Namgyal, the world of fashion with Prabal Gurung, Mary Katrantzou, Manish Malhotra and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal rounding off this year’s discussions.
Updated on Dec 07, 2019 06:02 pm IST 10 Photos
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On the Telangana encounter and support for it, “People are getting impatient with legal delays. The faith of ordinary people on law because of this is eroding rapidly,” Congress leader Manish Tewari. “There is a need for speedy justice. Because, justice delayed is justice denied. But, we can’t be okay with this blood lust. This is not the right thing. This is not jungle raj,” said TMC MP Mahua Moitra. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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There are two reasons why people may support it - 1) Fear and scaremongering 2) law and grey area said Mahua Moitra on the Citizenship Amendment Bill. “This law is blatantly unconstitutional… We stand with people who are being persecuted in other parts of the world. This is our tradition,” said Manish Tewari. “Some try to change the demography of this country and we have to stop it,” said BJP MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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On equal gender representation and women in Parliament, “While giving tickets, we look at the winnability factor and not at the candidates’ gender or age,” said the BJP’s Ladakh MP on why women are given less representation. “I make enough noise for 10 people. I am the wrong person to be asked this. I give as good as I get,” said Mahua Moitra on women representation in Parliament. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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In a session on nutrition and diets, Dr David Ludwig said that, “Drug development has robust investment, companies might put in a billion dollars, but nutrition has a smaller budget. Confusion exists because nutrition is a step child of science.” On the Indian diet Dr Ludwig said, “We need research to stop epidemics such as diabetes in India. The Indian diet is very heavy in processed carbohydrates.” (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)
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