Dynasty and democracy cannot go together, as democracy by definition is the will of the people, Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday.
"I used to say it earlier, but now I hesitate to say it because I am out of politics. Dynasty in democracy is nasty, but it is tasty to some people. That is a weakness of our system," he said.
Naidu's remarks, though he did not name anyone, came in the context of Congress scion Rahul Gandhi saying at an event at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States, that most political parties in India followed a dynastic rule, and that was how things worked in India.
Responding to a question on India’s “dynastic politics”, Rahul had said:
Towards the end of his speech, Naidu observed in a lighter vein that he had a "weakness for speaking frankly", but that tendency will have to be curtailed, as now "my people tell me that I’m the Vice President of India, and there is a protocol (to be followed)".
(With inputs from IANS)
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