"The influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty… is bound up with the history of India’s struggle for freedom. But it has also cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright…" - these are the words of Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, which have equipped the BJP with fresh salvo against Leader of Opposition (LoP in the Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi.

In what is being seen as a direct attack against political "nepo babies" including Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, Tharoor lists the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty by name from “independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, and current opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra", in his article on opinion portal Project Syndicate dated October 31.

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