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Mayawati's bhai-bhatija push: Political parties becoming fiefdoms?

BSP chief Mayawati has tightened her grip on the party by appointing her brother Anand Kumar as the party's national vice president and named her nephew Akash Anand as its national coordinator on Sunday.

She took the decision taken at a party meet, which was attended by top functionaries of the party.

As Mayawati's makes a U-turn from earlier stand of being against dynastic politics, we ask are political parties becoming fiefdoms? Watch the panelists debate.

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