Rahul Gandhi: ‘Princeling’ heir to once-powerful Indian dynasty FMTNews FMTWorld
NEW DELHI: Being born into India’s most famous political dynasty is traditionally a guaranteed ticket to the prime minister’s office, but Rahul Gandhi’s chances of fulfilling his family destiny now look smaller than ever.
Modi has revelled in casting his chief opponent, dubbed an “empty suit” in leaked US embassy cables from 2005, as an out-of-touch princeling more interested in luxury and self-indulgence than fighting to helm the world’s biggest democracy. At the time his grandmother Indira Gandhi — daughter of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and no relation to fellow independence hero Mahatma Gandhi — was premier.
While in his 20s, he lived in London, where he worked at a management consultancy for a time as his mother Sonia, Rajiv’s widow, took charge of Congress. His exhortations of religious tolerance and India’s secular traditions also failed to dent the BJP’s muscular advocacy for the Hindu majority, at a time of rising intolerance against Muslims.
And Gandhi remains the most likely candidate to defeat Modi in next year’s election, even if political experts consider another BJP landslide a near certainty.In 2019 Gandhi blamed his defeat on Modi’s party taking over and turning “the entire machinery of the Indian state” against the opposition.
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