India, Nov. 4 -- Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor's article on dynastic politics - saying it poses a "grave threat to Indian democracy" and adding that the Nehru-Gandhi family "cemented the idea that political leadership can be a birthright" - has caused an unease to his party and handed fresh ammunition to the BJP to target the Opposition party.

In a column published by Project Syndicate on October 31, the Thiruvanathapuram MP writes: "For decades, one family has towered over Indian politics. The influence of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty - including independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, and current opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - is bound up ...