Srinagar, May 24 -- Certain qualities and skills, as the proverb goes, run in the family. What the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Kashmir have shown is that political interests, the art of speech-making in particular, too are being passed on from one generation of politicians to the next.

The sons and daughters of political leaders, starting with former chief ministers (CM) to jailed ex-legislators, have been seeking votes for them and spearheading poll campaigns for their respective parties.

National Conference's Omar Abdullah is often accompanied by sons Zahir and Zamir, who seem to be picking up the turns and tricks of politics.

Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party also found her rock in the form of daughter Iltija Mufti, run...