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TopicDynastic politics

Topic: Dynastic politics

‘Leadership as birthright’: Friendly fire in Congress camp as Tharoor takes aim at Nehru-Gandhi dynasty

Ahead of local body polls in Kerala, Tharoor reopens merit vs dynastic politics debate, Kerala Congress leader and LoP refuses to comment.

Family matters in Bihar’s Dalit politics—Manjhis to Paswans, how kin are rising up the ladder

Months before polls, Bihar govt appointed Chirag Paswan’s brother-in-law Mrinal Paswan as chairperson of Scheduled Caste Commission, & Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son-in-law as its vice chairperson.

In Haryana, it’s the clash of the ‘Lal’ clans. 15 dynasts are gearing up for electoral battle

All assembly polls in past 5 decades have had candidates from each of the 3 influential families. October’s elections are set to feature some direct contests among members of same clan.

Dynastic parties anti-youth, won’t let you progress — Modi to 1st-time voters on National Voters’ Day

Making his pitch for upcoming LS polls, the PM said a majority govt ensures there is clarity in policies and decisions, added that people today talk about 'credibility not corruption'.

‘What does Amit Shah’s son do?’ Rahul hits back at BJP charge against Congress’s dynastic politics

Speaking with the media in poll-bound Mizoram Tuesday, the leader also expressed confidence that his party would win all the five upcoming state elections.

Women in LS not without dynastic ties — 55% have political links, 23 with serving or ex MP/MLA spouses

Number of women MPs in Lok Sabha to go up from 82 to 181 once provisions of women's reservation bill come into effect. But women from political families may initially continue to dominate.

In state’s Ahirwal region, 3 dynastic families match the enigma of Haryana’s Lals. Who they are

Rao Inderjit Singh, Captain Ajay Yadav & Rao Narbir Singh are spearheading their respective families in Ahirwal comprising Mahendragarh, Rewari, and Gurugram districts.

Forget Congress dynasty, BJP-RSS politics has been more harmful for India

Making fun of 'parivarvad' and Rahul Gandhi is no longer effective. The assessment of dynasty rule should be comprehensive, not just limited to party propaganda.

BJP embraces more dynasts from other parties as PM Modi calls ‘parivaarvaad’ India’s challenge

While PM Modi has consistently & persistently attacked opposition parties on the issue, the BJP has routinely inducted such leaders from other parties & promoted them in the party & the govt.

2 ex-CMs’ kids get plum posts in Uttarakhand — minister Saurabh Bahuguna, Speaker Ritu Khanduri

Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, set to be first woman Speaker in Uttarakhand, is daughter of B.C. Khanduri, while Saurabh Bahuguna is youngest son of Vijay Bahuguna.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.