'Khatron Ke Khiladi': BJP hails Shashi Tharoor's article on dynastic politics; Congress hits back

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has praised senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor ’s latest article criticising dynastic politics, using it to target the Gandhi family and the Congress leadership. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla called the piece “insightful” and hailed Tharoor as a “Khatron ke Khiladi” for directly questioning political succession in his own party. In his essay titled “Indian Politics Are a Family Business” published on Project Syndicate, Tharoor described dynastic politics as a “grave threat to Indian democracy” and urged India to move toward “meritocracy.” He argued that leadership in the Congress and other INDIA bloc parties including the Samajwadi Party, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT) and DMK has often passed from one generation to the next. Tharoor