‘Dynastic politics is a grave threat to Indian democracy’: This is what earned Shashi Tharoor praise from BJP leaders

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s article on dynastic politics in India has triggered a political row as it garnered praise from several BJP leaders. The article ‘Indian politics is a family business’, published on Project Syndicate, was about how it was high time that India replaced dynasty with meritocracy.

The clear also makes explicit references to The Indian National Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the DMK, the Trinamool Congress, and the National Conference.

In the article, Tharoor says that dynastic politics pose a grave threat to Indian democracy.’ The article starts with how the Nehru-Gandhi family and their association with the freedom struggle “cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright.”

The article was published on October 31.

In the article, Tharoor writes