The price of political dynasties

March 21, 2012 13:33

On the Wall Street Journal: The recently concluded state assembly elections reveal that dynastic politics is alive and well in India. The new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav, is the son of a former chief minister, as is the new chief minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna. In Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal, the deputy chief minister, is by all accounts waiting in the wings to succeed his elderly father, the current chief minister.

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