BJP leaders like to call opposition ‘nepotism’, but their own party is no stranger to political nepotism
Union ministers Narendra Tomar (centre) and Kiren Rijiju (right) welcome Amarinder Singh (left) and PLC leaders to the BJP; (Photo: Chandradeep Kumar)
IIt is one of the deepest contradictions of Indian democracy, the way it is – and is widely perceived to be – subject to capture by an entrenched elite whose best skill, like that of any strong species, is self-promotion. Is. In common parlance, we call it dynastic politics. It comes in many shades. There are the older elites – the former royal houses, which exemplify political dynasties like no other, going back to the pre-1947 days. Then there are the political neo-rich, who don’t behave any differently. So when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort that he was particularly troubled by the two major challenges facing the country—nepotism and corruption—he was telling a wide-spread audience. Taking advantage of K’s anger. issue.