Editing Politics of India (section)

=== Political Families ===
{{Main|Political families of India}}
Since the 1980s, Indian politics has become dynastic, possibly due to the absence of a party organization, independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party, and centralized financing of elections.<ref name="ppq.sagepub.com" /> One example of dynastic politics has been the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]] which produced [[List of prime ministers of India|three]] Indian prime ministers. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party.{{Sfn|Basu|Chandra|2016|p=136}} The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2019 |title=Is the BJP less dynastic than the Congress? Not so, Lok Sabha data shows |url=https://scroll.in/article/918234/is-the-bjp-less-dynastic-than-the-congress-not-so-lok-sabha-data-shows}}</ref> Dynastic politics is prevalent also in a number of political parties with regional presence such as [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen]] (AIMIM), [[Trinamool Congress]] (TMC), [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]] (BRS), [[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)]] (SHS (UBT)), [[Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar]] (NCP (SP)), [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK), [[Indian National Lok Dal]] (INLD), [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]] (JKNC), [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]] (JKPDP), [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] (JD(S)), [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]] (JMM), [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]] (NPP), [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP), [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (PMK), [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (RJD), [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] (RLD), [[Samajwadi Party]] (SP), [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] (SAD), [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]] (SS), [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) and [[YSR Congress Party]] (YSRCP).{{Sfn|Chandra|2016|pp=131,136}}