Nehru-Gandhi electoral dynasty: Choices yesterday and today

In a country such as India, where millions migrate each year for millions of reasons, a family’s migration history still makes news.

BySouth First Desk

Published Apr 06, 2024 | 12:35 PMUpdatedApr 06, 2024 | 12:35 PM

From left: Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

The so-called First Family of the Congress party today lives on a past dynastic history that began from Phulpur, from where Jawahar Lal Nehru, the patriarch, contested in 1952. The Family evolved electorally in a small geographical triangle of Phulpur, Amethi and Rae Bareli and today, it is being taunted for leaving its pocket borough for safe pastures.

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