India, Nov. 3 -- "The influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. is bound up with the history of India's struggle for freedom. But it has also cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright." - these words written by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor have given fresh ammunition to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just before the assembly election in Bihar.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla saw the article as "a direct attack" on "nepo kids" Rahul Gandhi of the Congress and Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD.

"Wonder what repercussions will follow against Dr Tharoor for speaking so candidly," the BJP leader further wrote in a post on X on Monday, November 3, sharing a screenshot from the article written by the former global diploma...