Tharoor in a spot yet again

Co ongress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again stirred unease within his party, this time by writing an article denouncing dynasty politics.

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He argues that the Nehru-Gandhi family "cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright" and warns that dynastie politics poses a "grave threat to Indian democracy". He goes further than before by naming both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi as examples. It is a bold intervention-but also a deeply ironic one. There is no denying the contradiction between dynasty and democracy. In a pure democratic ideal, leadership should emerge from merit, not lineage. Yet India's reality is far more complex. Dynastic politics is not the monopoly of the Congress or the Opposition. The BJP, which never tires of attacking the Gandhis, has its own dynastic beneficiaries among MPs and MLAs.