Tharoor Attacks Dynasty Politics Across Party Lines; BJP Calls It Attack On Nepo Kids Rahul And Tejashwi

New Delhi: India must “trade dynasty for meritocracy”, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said in a recent article for Project Syndicate.

In the article titled “Indian Politics Are a Family Business”, Tharoor has said that dynastic politics across party lines poses a “grave threat” to Indian democracy. While this will not go down too well with the top Congress leadership, his statements have been lapped up by the BJP. ADVERTISEMENT

When political power is determined by lineage rather than merit, “the quality of governance suffers”, the Thiruvananthapuram MP has argued. He went on to say that the phenomenon is not confined to one party and that the Nehru-Gandhi family’s influence over Congress has long been mirrored across the political spectrum.

“This idea has penetrated Indian politics ac