Congress now party of "Bhai-Behan", says JP Nadda

BJP president JP Nadda on Thursday said the Congress is neither national nor Indian and not democratic either and has become a "bhai-behan" party. Addressing a seminar on "Threat of Dynastic Parties to Democratic Governance" in New Delhi, Nadda said dynastic parties, where a person's interest reigns supreme, lack ideology and are a threat to democracy. The BJP president blamed the Congress for the growth of regional parties, accusing the main opposition party of not giving space to regional aspirations during its dominance over national politics. The BJP, he said, believes in "unity among diversity" and gives space to regional aspirations while keeping the centre strong. As regional parties grow, personality cult becomes "overbearing and overwhelming" in them, sidetracking ideology and local aspirations, he said.

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अब क्षेत्रीय पार्टियों में विचारधारा किनारे हो गई और परिवार सामने आ गए हैं।

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While the Constitution bars any discrimination on the basis of birth, leadership in these parties is decided on the basis of birth and others are ignored, he said, bringing in dynasty-run regional parties in almost every state as well as the Congress in his attack.