Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 3, 2025

Senior Congress leader and CWC member Shashi Tharoor’s sharp critique of dynastic politics has stirred unease within the party, with a section of leaders urging the high command to consider disciplinary action against him.

In an article published in a vernacular daily titled “Dynastic Politics: A Threat to Indian Democracy”, Tharoor argued that India must move from family rule to merit-based leadership, a view many in the party see as a direct swipe at the Nehru-Gandhi family.

Tharoor wrote that the political influence of the Nehru-Gandhi lineage from Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi to Rajiv, Rahul, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has fostered the idea that political leadership is a hereditary entitlement.

“The dominance of political families undermines dem

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