Dynastic Politics

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi responsible for tarnishing Manmohan's image, death of Congress party, says economist Jagdish Bhagwati

Noted Indian-American economist and academic Jagdish Bhagwati, Thursday, came down heavily on the Gandhi family and the dynasticism rife within the top echelons of the party.

In Lok Sabha address, Modi scalds Congress' devotion to Nehru-Gandhi family, says party has lost touch with reality

During his Lok Sabha speech on Tuesday, Narendra Modi seemed anguished over Congress' accusations that he and the BJP intended to obliterate achievements and work done by past governments

Mayawati appoints nephew, 'heir' Akash Anand as national coordinator; BSP chief's brother Anand Kumar becomes national VP

BSP supremo Mayawati appointed her brother Anand Kumar and her nephew Akash Anand as the party’s national vice president and national coordinator, respectively, in a closed-door meeting on Sunday

Resignations of PCC chiefs won’t help Congress; party must strengthen Seva Dal, show door to dynastic non-performers

Unless Congress party sets accountability for each and every leader, and show the door to non-performers, the same set of senior leaders will be visible in the CWC meetings, brainstorming on their debacle after the Lok Sabha election in 2024

Mayawati uses EC ban to launch nephew Akash Anand as successor; move to counter rise of Bhim Army's Chandrasekhar Azad

After playing the victim card on Monday, BSP chief Mayawati used the EC 48-hr ban to formally launch her 24-year-old nephew Akash Anand into politics, letting everyone speculate if she has picked him as her successor

'Self-made' Tejasvi Surya key to BJP's 'New India' narrative; Bangalore South candidate ticks all the right boxes

Though part of a political family, BJP's Bangalore South candidate TejasviSurya has neither popped up on the political scene suddenly nor has he been parachuted from some political plane

HD Deve Gowda faces doubtful future as JD(S) finds its Lok Sabha campaign limited to family, Vokkaligas in south Karnataka

JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda is livid these days as he knows that the survival of HD Kumaraswamy-led alliance government in Karnataka depends a lot on the outcomes of the Lok Sabha Election 2019

Arun Jaitley's charge that dynastic elevation rendered Rahul Gandhi talentless is vacuous, falls short of reason

Jaitley has drawn on the works of 'social psychologists' David Dunning and Justin Kruger, primarily to explain why Congress president Rahul Gandhi doesn't have what it takes to be a leader,

Amit Shah taking over from LK Advani: Move marks shift in strategy for a party that has struggled to find talent in its ranks

In criticising BJP's decision to drop Advani — who played mentor to Modi in politics — the Congress has quipped that if BJP cannot respect elders such as Advani, how can it respect the country? Congress' reaction is fatuous. It reveals the difference between the two parties.

From Emergency to dynastic politics, Narendra Modi attacks Congress in blog: PM has given talking points to BJP cadres ahead of LS polls

Almost an hour after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's blog, which slams Congress' dynastic "family-first" politics, went online, former Union minister, senior advocate and Congress leader Kapil Sibal was ready with a counter-charge. Sibal said that Modi, too, is a dynast, so is Amit Shah, so are chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and host of Centre and state-level ministers.