Shashi Tharoor is a Congress leader. In the past few months, he has praised the Modi government. He had called the Emergency a dark chapter

Senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor calls out India’s dynastic politics, calling it a grave threat to true democracy.

In his article for Project Syndicate titled "Indian Politics Are a Family Business," Tharoor said that politics in India has become "a family enterprise," and as long as it revolves around lineage, "the true spirit of democracy cannot be achieved."

Tharoor urged India to abandon dynasticism (familialism) and move toward a merit-based system through "legally defined terms, internal party elections, and greater voter awareness."

‘Politics has become a family affair’

In his article, Tharoor described the Nehru-Gandhi family as India’s

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