THE drumbeats have begun for another election in Bihar where the key challenger is the son of a former Chief Minister. The young rising star in the ruling establishment is the son of a former Union Minister. The incumbent Deputy Chief Minister is the son of a former Minister…

…And so it goes on and on — across the country.

Sons and daughters of MLAs, MPs, Ministers and party chiefs, all getting into the party, then getting a ticket to the legislature and the government — in state after state, party after party, a trend that’s sweeping in both scale and scope, according to an investigation by The Indian Express .

There is a paradox, though.

The BJP , in its third term in power at the Centre, and whose steadily increasing footprint across the states now accounts for 2,078 legislators

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