A NATIONAL DISEASE

INDEX
• INTRODUCTION.
• TYPES OF NEPOTISM.
• BUSINESS NEPOTISM.
• POLITICAL NEPOTISM.
• COUNTRIES AND PERSONS HELD FOR NEPOTISM.
• NEPAL AND NEPOTISM.
• NEPOTISM LAW.
MEANING OF NEPOTISM
Nepotism is favoritism granted to relatives or friends
regardless of merit . The word nepotism is from the
Latin word nepos, nepotis (m. "nephew"), from which
modern Italian nipote ("nephew" or "grandchild")
is also descended.
TYPES OF NEPOTISM
• PAPAL: Nepotism gained its name after the church
practice in the Middle Ages, when
some Catholic popes and bishops, who had taken
vows of chastity, and therefore usually had no
children of their own, gave their nephews such
positions of preference as were often accorded by
fathers to son.
• POLITICAL: Nepotism is a common accusation in
politics when the relative of a powerful figure ascends
to similar power seemingly without appropriate
qualifications
EXAMPLES OF NEPOTISM IN INDIA
• The Nehru-Gandhi family has shown a strong tendency for
nepotism, as manifested through dynastic politics.
• JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA was elected to
the lower house of Indian parliament by a constituency
formerly represented by his father, Madhav Rao Scindia.
• THE KARUNANIDHI FAMILY IN TAMIL NADU: M.
Karunanidhi's youngest son, M. K. Stalin is deputy chief
minister of Tamil Nadu and his sister, M. K.
Kanimozhi represents Tamil Nadu in the upper house of Indian
parliament.
• Successful Indian steel executive O. P. Jindal's sons
Prithviraj Jindal, Sajjan Jindal, Rattan Jindal, and Naveen
Jindal, now run his empire.
NEPOTISM IN FAMILY BUSINESS
EFFECTS ON EMPLOYEES
Unfair to the workers who are more qualified.
Loss of competent workers.
Promotes frauds, dissatisfaction among the employees.
Lowers the morals of the employees.
Problems in maintaining discipline.
Breached confidentiality.
How can nepotism mistakes be
avoided?
Wanting to bring your family member is understood if
your employees understands you.
If the family member is not qualified, it can reek havoc.
Position the relative according to qualifications.
Nepotism not good for relative also.
Anti-nepotism law
There is no universal nepotism law at the federal level
that prohibits it at the state level.
Employers may create a anti-nepotism policy in their
organizations.
COUNTRIES KNOWN FOR
NEPOTISM
CHINA
• 90% of china’s billionaires are the children of high-rank
official.
• The major control are in:
• The country’s energy sector
• China power international development.
• Telecommunication sector.
• China international capital corporation
SOUTH AFRICA
Nepotism affects south Africa and is effecting service
delivery in S.A.
Has lead to collapse of some municipal govt. and
widespread protest among affected communities.
Crises in public health sector.
AMERICA
John kennedy:  assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby before he could
stand trial.
George Walker Bush was the 43rd President of the
United States, serving from 2001 to 2009, 
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton the 67th United
States Secretary of State, serving in the administration
of President Barack Obama.
The PPP’s Long History With Nepotism, And Its
Effects On Pakistan’s National Interests

In Pakistan nepotism is practiced by former P.M’S Benazir’s

bhutto’s widower Asif ali zaidari.
Results:
1) postponement of democratic evolution.
2) besmirching and corruption of very idea of democracy.
3) conflict within PPP over the legitimate of bhutto’s will.
NEPAL
Present P.M. of Nepal is Madhav Kumar Nepal:
Communist party of nepal.
Sujata Koirala: Foreign minister.
Results:
Decay of national congress party.
because of her Nepal airlines is now an international
shame
Audacious and born to rule … rise
of Prince Jean, man of the people
 Sarkozy’s junior’s ambition to run Paris’s business district riles french
political class.
 Jean sarkozy in less than 2 yrs, the 23 years old baby faced, shaggy haired
son of the france president has had meteoric rise as france’s youngest ever
regional councillor.
 Results:
 The french political class rose up in fury.
 The imminent appointment of the French president’s son to a top post at the
country’s biggest business district is doing damage to France’s international
image, according to domestic and international commentators.
INDIAN POLITICS
Democracy? No, it's actually family rule
NEPOTISM DNA OF INDIAN
SOCIETY
Nepotism rules Maharashtra
WHEN IS A DEMOCRACY NOT A
DEMOCRACY?
• When its leaders are appointed by non-democratic methods, for
one thing. When heredity is 9/10 of the law; and yes, the same
formula applies to the Gandhi-Nehrus and Thackerays
of India, and many others.
• In India, several political parties follow the principle of
inherited dynastic leadership, with the original model arguably
supplied by the Gandhis.
In a republican age, of course, entering public life is
usually projected as making a sacrifice, never as taking
advantage of an inheritance. This despite the fact that
defensive parallels are often drawn with other
‘professions’ — such as the law, medicine and film world
— where it is quite common to have children succeeding
their parents. The preferred choice is always the son, the
daughter is usually a second option.
Rahul gandhi the next P.M?
• Young Rahul has received many fulsome tributes
recently, but has no political achievements to his
credit, and hasn’t come up in the party the hard way.
(Unless waiting is considered hard, as it might well be
for a crown prince.) But no one in the Congress Party
will have the cojones to admit that Gandhi’s position
comes from Gandhi’s name, and nothing else. The
language of politics is couched in doublespeak, and
Indian politics is all about double standards. Dynastic
politics is not the only example of this, and it is certainly
not restricted to the Congress Party.
SOME INRESETING FACTS
• Many years ago, before the satellite TV revolution, there used to
be a video news magazine called Newstrack . There is one scene
from it it began with a shot of the bottom of Devi Lal’s sports
shoes as he reclined on a garden chair, his foot rested on some
kind of support. ( An interview began, and the interviewer
asked him why he had made his son, Om Prakash Chautala,
the chief minister of Haryana. Devi Lal replied:
”Tho kya Bhajan Lal ke chhore ko banaaoo?”
• But his statement made no pretence of denying what we all
already know: Politicians are motivated by nothing other
than a lust to power, and once they acquire it, they want to
pass it on, like a material possession, to their progeny
• Now imagine Sonia Gandhi, asked why Rahul Gandhi has
been elevated in the Congress Party, saying: “Tho kya LK
Advani ke chhori ko banaaoo?”
Continued….
• Rahul Gandhi says….
The youth want to join politics but don’t know the way. Once they enter politics, they don’t
find it clean. They are confused about politics and it looks as if there is a wall between them
and politics. We have to break this wall,’ Gandhi .
• ‘Once they (youth) enter, they face many problems in moving ahead. At times money power is
used and sometimes nepotism blocks the way. They say that they want to work but their work
is not recognised. Until we solve all these issues, youth energy cannot be used,’ he said.
• ‘We should tap energy of youth in building the nation. But for this, we have to open our closed
doors,’ he said. 
I appreciate the beautiful sentiments dude..but err…ermm do you see any irony in your own
words? 
• BENJAMIN DISRAELI, England’s first and only Jewish prime minister, once said, “In a
progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.” But, I don’t think this
applies to Indian politics because the scourge of nepotism has never left the centre stage
of Indian politics. It’s constant
CONCLUSION.
• Our political parties, while fighting tooth and nail to perpetrate their
kinds of rule in their local strongholds, are never interested in spending
time and energy to democratize their internal systems. It’s because of
the fear that they might lose their grip over the family silver. Most of the
political parties are nothing but private limited companies. When
starting a political party has become such a profitable venture it is
foolhardy on the part of the electorate to expect any kind of self-
regulation and internal democracy. Most of our present day leaders are
‘state men’ rather than ‘statesmen’.
Political parties in India get divided not due to any ideological reasons
but mainly due to family feuds and palace intrigues.
• Our political parties seem to be similar in their style of
functioning. Most are based on loyalty to leaders rather than
loyalty to causes or institutions. Very few have properly
institutionalized norms of recruitment and membership. And none has
any real intra-party democracy.