Accusing opposition parties of promoting dynastic politics, BJP president Amit Shah Sunday said that a democratic system was adopted in the country so that a "foolish son" of a monarch did not come to power.
Opposition parties have made a mockery of democracy by creating a new dynastic system where every leader's son succeeds him, he said.
Shah was speaking at an event organised by the Jain International Trade Organisation to raise funds for the Pulwama terrorist attack victims.
"What was wrong with the king and his kingdom? It had only one problem. Even if the king's son was a fool, he would succeed the king," Shah said, without naming any politician or party
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