Doctor’s children should be doctors ,lawyer’s children should be lawyers and politicians children should become politicians. That is how the legacy is carried forward.
But not anymore.Youth has changed and so their paths might differ from their family.
Here are 10 politicians children and what they are doing now.
1. Raj Thackeray
Amit Thackeray was soft-launched into politics by his father Raj Thackeray during the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections. In 2017, during the civic polls, Amit started a Facebook page to interact and woo the youth. It is believed that Raj Thackeray will launch Amit into politics soon in an effort to revive the MNS’ popularity. Raj Thackeray’s daughter Urvashi Thackeray has stayed away from politics and has instead, forayed into the world of Bollywood. Urvashi Thackeray was the assistant director of the David Dhawan directorial Judwaa 2 and garnered a lot of appreciation for her work in the film.
2.Vilasrao Deshmukh
Riteish Deshmukh, the son of Vilasrao Deshmukh, is an Indian film actor, producer and architect who is known for his work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Amit Deshmukh is a politician and a member of the Indian National Congress and represents the Latur City Constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. And finally, Vilasrao Deshmukh’s youngest son Dheeraj Deshmukh stepped into the world of politics in 2017 and filed his nomination for the Latur zilla parishad election in the same year.
3.Manmohan Singh
Upinder Singh, the eldest daughter if Manmohan Singh, is a historian and the head of the History Department at the University of Delhi. She is also the recipient of the inaugural Infosys Prize in the category of Social Sciences. Daman Singh is a writer is married to Ashok Patnaik who is the CEO of the National Intelligence Grid of India. Manmohan Singh’s third daughter Amrit Singh is a lawyer and writer by profession and is the Head, Accountability, Liberty & Transparency Cluster at the Open Society Foundation. She conducts strategic litigation, documentation and advocacy on a range of human rights issues.
4.Narayan Rane
Nitesh Narayan Rane, The son of Narayan Rane, is also a politician, youth leader and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Kankavli Vidhan Ssabha constituency and is the head of the non-governmental organization “Swabhiman Sanghatana”. Narayan Rane’s second son Nilesh Narayan Rane was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party.
5.Gopinath Munde
Pankaja Munde, The eldest daughter of Gopinath Munde, is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is current Minister of Rural Development, Women and Child Welfare as well as Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Latur district and Beed district in Government of Maharashtra. Pritam Munde is also a politician and is a Member of Parliament of India. She was elected in a by-election for the Beed in 2014, with a margin of 6,96,321 votes – the highest ever in India’s electoral history. Yashashri Munde holds the title of LL.M. from the Cornell University and was recently awarded the title of the most promising Asian student by the college.
6.Shashi Tharoor
Kanishk Tharoor, the son of Sashi Tharoor, is a New York-based writer who has released his book, titled Swimmer among the Stars (Aleph). His twin brother Ishaan Tharoor is a Washington Based journalist.