At a recent book launch event in Bengaluru, former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha posed a poignant question: “If political leaders worry only about their own children, who will take care of the children of other people, who also work for the party?” The answer, it appears, is no one. Across the political spectrum, senior politicians…
“Family politics is a threat to democracy”
March 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Dynastic politics is harmful for a democracy, opined CM’s Media Advisor Mahadev Prakash. He was interacting with the students on the topic ‘Where is Indian Politics heading towards?’ organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Maharaja’s College recently. He further said that a common man can hardly compete and win in…
Family politics, bane of JD(S)
July 8, 2019Bengaluru: JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has obviously not learnt any lessons from the severe drubbing he and his party received in the recent Lok Sabha polls, where the voters outright rejected the family brand of politics patented by him. Though regional parties in other States are no less dynastic, many of them have built…
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