10TH HINDUSTAN TIMES LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
IN NEW DELHI KICKED OFF
Former
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra kicked off the 10th Hindustan Times
Leadership Summit on November 16, 2012, stating that businessmen dreaming of a
political career should drop their commercial interests to avoid giving fodder
for criticism to their opponents.
"If you
really want to enter politics, then wash your hands of your
business," Shinawatra said at the
Summit's first session.
The former
Thai PM, currently living in self-imposed exile in Dubai since being ousted
from power in 2006, was asked whether his being a telecom czar made him
vulnerable. Shinawatra advocated a degree of caution with
regard to the growing anti-corruption movements in different parts of the world
including India.
"It sometimes becomes
a good excuse to accuse others of corruption," he said, using the example
of his own political career in Thailand. "Allegations were used to keep me
out of Thailand." Eminent personalities from different fields including
politics, business and sports were invited to participate in the Summit. The personalities included former US Defence
Secretary William S. Cohen. The former Thai PM praised his family, particularly
his younger sister and the present Prime Minister of Thailand Ms. Yingluck
Shinawatra.
Mention
may be made of former Indian Cricket captain Kapil Dev, player Jadeja, CNN IBN
editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, batsman Suresh Rana, Rajya Sabha MP Mani
Shankar Aiyar, tennis star Boris Bakar, Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation
International economist, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh,
industrialist Kumarmanglam Birla, Ajit Kumar Doval, former IB Director,
Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia. Heritage activist Rajiv
Sethi, senior surgical oncologist Dr. Sameel Kaul, cricketer Yuvraj and former
Pakistan President Gen. Parvez Musharraf who attended the Summit.
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