dynasty politics

West Bengal Assembly Bypoll: Did BJP Deny Ticket to Matua Minister’s Wife Just to Evade ‘Parivarvaad’ Charge?

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West Bengal Assembly Bypoll: Did BJP Deny Ticket to Matua Minister’s Wife Just to Evade ‘Parivarvaad’ Charge?

Minister of State For Ports, Shipping and Waterways Santanu Thakur. (Image: PTI) Sources in the Bengal BJP have said they sent three names for Bagdah but they were expecting party to give its stamp on Minister of State for Ports Santanu Thakur’s wife Soma Thakur’s name. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released the … Read more

How Ram Mohan Roy ended sati, I stopped dynasty politics: Modi

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How Ram Mohan Roy ended sati, I stopped dynasty politics: Modi

In Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav’s native district of Etawah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took dynastic politics head-on and said that much like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who abolished evil practices like sati and child-marriage, he too ‘has put an end to the practice of only scions of royal families’ holding the posts of … Read more