u r right. many parties like shiv sena, dmk, rjd are also dynastic parties. however the congress is the biggest of them and they have shown the path to others. but bjp and leftist parties party heads are not chosen on dynastic basis. bajpai, advani, rajnath, murli manohar etc. are not from same family. they all have led the party at different times. similarly jyoti basu and budhadev are not from the same family. in kerala also the present cm is not related to earlier leftist cms. but in case of congress, without someone from the dynasty, they cannot even remain united. they will just fight with each other. rao had somehow remained PM for 5 years by bribing some MPs openly in cash inside parliament and by frightening the dynasty with the bofors ghost.
