Defending dynasty politics, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday said this in fact helped regional parties thrive in the country.
Justifying the JD(S)’s decision to field three of family members in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Kumaraswamy said his party was not different from other parties, including national parties.
“Dynasty politics has lost its meaning. This trend is prevalent in many states. Not just in regional parties — dynasty politics is prevalent in the Congress and the BJP too. In my opinion, regional parties are thriving only because of dynasty politics. Some regional parties have persisted only because of certain political families. In Tamil Nadu, who will build DMK, if not for the Karunanidhi family? The NCP in Maharashtra is replete with family members. The Samajwadi Party is also thriving because of dynasty politics. If anybody can give a fight to Nitish Kumar or the BJP, it is only the Lalu Yadav family. The JD(S) is standing today only because of the struggles of my family,” he said during an interaction with DH and Prajavani on Friday.
The CM said the Gowda family should not be held responsible for fielding family members, as it merely yielded to its workers’ demands.
“The JD(S) is also around because of the faith…
