Monday, 4 July, 2022
TopicDynastic politics

Topic: Dynastic politics

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

Abantika Ghosh -
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.

Mamata’s sister-in-law enters politics with Kolkata civic polls, opposition cries ‘dynasty’

Sreyashi Dey -
Kajari Banerjee will be a TMC candidate in Ward 73, where Mamata lives. Opposition parties have denounced her selection as ‘dynastic politics’.

Look beyond Chirag Paswan’s failure. Dynastic politics is what keeps regional parties afloat

Ruhi Tewari -
What would happen to parties like SP, RJD and DMK if dynasties didn't exist? Insecure Indian politicians don't groom a second rung of leaders unless a family member is waiting in the wings.

‘Anti-dynasts’ Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) inducts 3 RJD MLAs, all from powerful political families

Dipak Mishra -
6 RJD MLAs have joined JD(U) of late & three of them are Yadavs. JD(U) leaders say inducting them is a political move to make inroads into RJD’s Yadav votes.

Scindia’s entry hurts BJP and Modi more than any other dynast’s. Here is why

D.K. Singh -
To sustain Modi’s anti-rich image, the BJP spins stories about how dynasts in the party are never promoted. Defending Scindia would be tough.

Uddhav Thackeray, once a critic of dynastic politics, now has 22 dynasts in his cabinet

Haima Deshpande -
Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena head Uddhav Thackeray has inducted his son as minister. Nine NCP and 8 Congress dynasts also sworn in.

Udhayanidhi Stalin – Tamil filmstar, Karunanidhi heir & DMK’s latest dynastic entrant

Rohini Swamy -
Udhayanidhi’s appointment as DMK's youth wing secretary is being seen as a clear message that the succession line would remain within the family.

Not just Rahul Gandhi, one in 10 world leaders comes from households with political ties

Farida Jalalzai -
At the same time, 71 per cent of all the female world leaders surveyed by a new study attained the highest office without any family connections to politics.

Why nobody sat on the same sofa as Sonia Gandhi

Hardeep Puri -
Many of us have been witness to this almost feudal style of functioning that has come to define the Sonia Gandhi era in the Congress.

BJP’s MP candidates’ list bears CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s stamp

Pragya Kaushika -
Chouhan’s ‘preferential treatment’ in candidate selection process could backfire him as well, say party leaders.

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Opinion

Attendees pose for a group photo at the 48th G7 Summit on 26 June | PTI

G7 infra plan a lifeline developing nations can’t ignore but first crack this code, like BRI

Shibani Mehta -
Silk roads are getting bumpier but Beijing will maximise its pursuit of global leadership as long as it perceives that Washington seeks to deny it any.
Home Minister Amit Shah waves to the supporters during the inauguration of the Chandlodiya-Khodiyar Railway under-pass at Chandlodiya railway station in Ahmedabad, on 2 July 2022 | ANI photo

Not national security or politics, Amit Shah has a new obsession—the ‘sahakari kshetra’

File photo of Chinese president Xi Jinping | Bloomberg

Chinese leadership touring ‘democratic’ Hong Kong, Pakistan. There’s a message for mainland

Economy

Illustration by Soham Sen

Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera -
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Defence

Army personnel give military honours to the soldiers of Territorial Army's infantry 107 battalion who lost their lives in the Manipur Landslide, 2 July 2022, Siliguri | Credits: ANI Photo/ ANI Pic Service

A look at the Territorial Army — The Indian military’s task force hit by the Manipur landslide

Suchet Vir Singh -
The Territorial Army, a part-time military organisation for Indians who may have other jobs, is essentially a volunteer force that can be quickly mobilised in the defence of a state.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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