From Ballot To Bloodline: The Silent Coup Of Dynastic Politics In India
India’s democracy is decaying under dynastic politics where surnames replace merit and families rule like modern monarchs.
From the Gandhis to the Yadavs, from Pawars to Thackerays, India’s democracy is being replaced by a republic of families, not citizens.
India’s democracy faces a slow, deliberate suffocation by the rise of dynastic politics disguised as social representation.
This began as a democratic dream to empower the underrepresented, but has morphed into a vicious cycle of nepotism, entitlement, and political inheritance.
- Congress
- BJP
- DMK
- RJD
- SP
- NCP
- Shiv Sena
Across these parties, the new rule is: power must stay within the family.
What was once a republic of citizens is degenerating into a republic of surnames.
Author's summary: India's democracy decays under dynastic politics.