Hyderabad, Sept. 8 -- Why do political families believe they can hold onto power indefinitely? This is common in many one-man or one-woman parties, where leaders often engage in nepotism by appointing relatives to positions of authority. For example, the late Mulayam Singh Yadav, leader of the Samajwadi Party, had over 20 family members active in politics at one time. However, these families frequently face power struggles as the leader's influence declines.

This is precisely what is unfolding in Telangana, where the Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief and former Telangana Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, has suspended his daughter, K. Kavitha, for engaging in anti-party activities, though he had encouraged her earlier. Kavitha was also am...