Who are the Gandhis? India’s most powerful political dynasty now struggling to make a mark
As Indians prepare to vote in the national elections, they have a choice to make: back Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi for a rare third term or usher in an alternative?
Rahul Gandhi – the scion of India’s most prominent political dynasty – is often pitched as an alternative candidate.
Mr Gandhi, though he is not officially the leader, is the centre of gravity of the Congress, the primary opposition to Mr Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He belongs to the Gandhi family, the most prominent of India’s many political dynasties whose, was India’s first prime minister and his grandmother, Indira Gandhi, and father, Rajiv Gandhi, both held the post subsequently. Indira Gandhi was also India’s first woman PM.
