Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has criticised the dynastic politics in India, saying it is a direct threat to democracy and it is high time we move towards ‘meritocracy’.

In an opinion peace written in the Project Syndicate portal, he directly targeted Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, saying that the very idea that political leadership can be a birthright was cemented by the Nehru-Gandhi family.

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“For decades, one family has towered over Indian politics. The influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty – including 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 – is bound up with the history of India’s struggle for freedom. But it has also cemented the idea

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