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Topic: dynasty

Sharmishtha Mukherjee said what many in Congress are saying. Does she have a follow-up plan?

Kaveree Bamzai - February 16, 2020

Sharmistha's response to Chidambaram for 'gloating' over AAP's Delhi win is significant. When was the last time a restless young dynast questioned the Congress sloth?

Does Ram Guha blame Modi voters like Rahul’s? A historian’s job is to assess, not admonish

Zainab Sikander - January 20, 2020

Guha blamed Keralites for electing Rahul Gandhi to Parliament from Wayanad. He should instead congratulate them for saying a loud no to BJP.

Call for young Congress leader to head party: Does age matter or is it just a catchphrase?

ThePrint Team - July 9, 2019

On Monday, party veteran Karan Singh suggested electing an interim president along with four working presidents to induct “young people into positions of authority”.

Modi & Amit Shah’s new Kashmir policy will make dynasties irrelevant & build local leadership

Arun Anand - July 4, 2019

Abdullah, Mufti and Nehru-Gandhi dynasties aren’t the solution, but part of the Kashmir problem.

Rahul can resign as Congress president, but Nehru-Gandhi dynasty never retires nor gives up

Kumar Ketkar - June 10, 2019

It is amusing that Varun Gandhi and his mother Maneka Gandhi are never accused of carrying forward the dynasty.

This is the one thing working for the few Muslims contesting Lok Sabha elections from UP

Mohd Osama - May 13, 2019

Without dynasty connections, the statistics would have been even more dismal for Muslim candidates.

Deve Gowda’s desperate family-first politics make even Pawar, KCR, Naidu clans look better

Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi - April 17, 2019

Even Deve Gowda’s supporters in Karnataka believe he now cares only about the political fortunes of his family.

Maharani Chief Minister, Raja Sahib & lessons in democracy in Rajasthan

Jyoti Malhotra - December 4, 2018

In Vasundhara Raje’s constituency Jhalrapatan, the maharani and the mukhya mantri are not separate.

Why the Congress party should stop apologising about dynasty

Shivam Vij - November 19, 2018

Voters actually like dynasty, and the Congress must wear it as a badge of honour.

Jahangir’s true love was not Anarkali but alcohol

Parvati Sharma - November 7, 2018

Parvati Sharma in her book Jahangir writes about the Mughal emperor’s long tryst with alcohol and Akbar’s dismay over it.

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Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.