The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978. Dynastic politics is prevalent also in a number of political parties with regional presence.
About Political families of India in brief
The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. Dynastic politics is prevalent also in a number of political parties with regional presence. The dynasty is strongly embedded in the Indian polity that the name continues to have an instinctive hold on loyalties of so many voters.
Recent developments indicate some setbacks such as the crushing defeat of the Congress Party in the 2014 elections and a series of top-level defections such as those in Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir.
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