Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and the party candidate for Anantnag Lok Sabha seat Mehooba Mufti wave his supporters After fillling her nomnation papers at the office of Deputy commisioner Anantnag in south kashmir 55 kms from Srinagar on 01, April 2014. PHOTO/ NISSAR AHMAD.
NEW DELHI, 19/07/2012: Congress MP, Priya Dutt after casting her vote for the 2012 Presidential Election at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Thursday, July 19, 2012 . Photo Rajeev Bhatt.
New Delhi: SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal during the ongoing budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan (PTI3_4_2013_000057A)
Patiala: Minister of State for External Affairs and a member of Indian National Congress Preneet Kaur during election campaigning in Patiala on Sunday. PTI Photo(PTI3_23_2014_000100B)
New Delhi, 22/11/2010: Supriya Sule in New Delhi on 22, November, 2010. Photo: S_Subramanium
Kannauj: Samajwadi Party candidiate Dimple Yadav waves to the supporters during a road show at Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. PTI Photo(PTI4_14_2014_000211B)
Mumbai 14/03/2014 Picture to go with Priyanka Kakodkar's interview with Poonam Mahajan. BJP candidate from North west constituency, Poonam Mahajan. Photo: Vivek Bendre
Bangalore - 27/01/2013 : Maneka Gandhi, during the Bishop Cottons Boys School Graduation Day function, at School grounds, on Residency Road, in Bangalore on January 27, 2013. Photo: K. Murali Kumar.
New Delhi : UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi waves during an election campaign rally in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo by Vijay Verma(PTI3_30_2014_000131A)
Dynastic politics has been described by many as a source of tension within Indian democracy. However, an emphasis on family ties has also allowed powerful women candidates to emerge. These women are typically wives, daughters and daughters-in-law of prominent male politicians. While their entry into politics was facilitated because of dynasty, they have also emerged as representatives of the people in their own right and have managed to take centre stage in their constituencies banking on the political capital available to them through the politically prominent men in their lives. In this photo essay, we present some dynastic female politicians, who are currently contesting for the 16th Lok Sabha elections from various parts of India. <b>Text: Vasundhara Sirnate and Ruchika Singh</b>
