“Those who call the tradition of struggle, service and sacrifice of generations as nepotism are distributing the will of power to their ‘government family’,” the Congress MP said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Along with the post Rahul shared a list of 20 cabinet ministers whose relatives previously held positions in central or state governments.
Here is the list shared by Rahul Gandhi:
HD Kumaraswamy, son of HD Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister
Javant Chaudhary, grandson of Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister
Ram Nath Thakur, son of Karpoori Thakur, former chief minister, Bihar
Rao Inderjit Singh, son of Rao Birendra Singh, former chief minister, Haryana
Ravneet Singh Bittu, grandson of Beant Singh, former chief minister, Punjab
Jvotiraditva Scindia, son of Madhav Rao Scindia Former Union Minister
Chirag paswan, son of Ram Vilas Paswan, former Union minister
Ram Mohan Naidu, son of Yerren Naidu, former Union minister
Piyush Goyal, son of Ved Prakash Goyal, former Union minister
Kiren Rijiju, son of Rinchin Kharu, First Pro-Term Speaker, Arunachal
JP Nadda, son-in-law, Jayshree Banerjee, Former MP & minister, Madhya Pradesh
Jitin prasada, son of Jitendra Prasada, Former MP, Uttar Pradesh
Kirti Vardhan Singh, son of Maharaj Anand Singh, former minister, Uttar Pradesh
Dharmendra Pradhan, Son of Debendra Pradhan, former Union minister
Anupriya Patel, daughter of Sonelal Patel, founder – Bahujan Samaj Party & Apna Dal
Raksha Khadse, daughter-in-law of Eknath Khadse, MLA Maharashtra and former minister
Kamlesh paswan, son of Om Prakash Paswan, Lok Sabha candidate, Uttar Pradesh
Shantanu Thakur, son of Manjul Krishna Thakur, former minister, West Bengal
Virendra Kumar Khatik, brother-in-law of Gaurishankar Shejwar, former minister, Madhya Pradesh
Annapurna Devi, wife of Ramesh Prasad Yadav, former MLA, Bihar