Thiruvananthapuram: After a brief hiatus, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has once again sparked controversy with his comments on dynastic politics and the remark that “the influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty… has cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright”.

In a recent article published in Project Syndicate , Shashi Tharoor wrote that a single family has dominated India’s political landscape for generations. The Malayalam version of the opinion piece, originally published on the platform on 31 October, appeared in the Kerala daily Mangalam on Sunday.

“The influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, including India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, and current opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and MP Priyan

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