BSP national coordinator Akash Anand accused BJP govt of spending over Rs 7,000 crore on advertisements while leaving govt posts vacant, shutting schools and failing to prevent paper leaks
Agra : Mayawati ’s nephew and BSP national coordinator Akash Anand launched the party’s 2027 assembly poll campaign from Sadabad in Hathras on Monday, returning to a visible campaign role months after being brought back into the party fold and reappointed as chief national coordinator following a turbulent phase in which he was removed twice from key posts. Now is the time to ask for an account of the past 10 years,” he said. Mayawati named him her political successor and appointed him national coordinator on Dec 10, 2023, but removed him during the 2024 Lok Sabha campaign, citing lack of political maturity. He was reinstated in June 2024, removed again from all party posts in March 2025 after his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth was expelled for alleged anti-party activities, and later brought back before being reappointed chief national coordinator in May 2025. Anand first came to prominence in BSP’s national organisation in 2019, when Mayawati introduced him as a key functionary after restructuring the party. His renewed projection from Hathras comes as BSP begins preparing for the 2027 UP assembly elections after a series of electoral setbacks.
I have come to raise the problems of our people,” he said, alleging that “over the last 10 years, this BJP govt has used more than Rs 7,000 crore of your tax money to hide its own failures. ” With assembly elections due in 2027, Anand asked voters to demand answers from BJP leaders when they seek votes again. He also attacked govt over fuel pricing and infrastructure, alleging that people were being sold sugarcane juice “in the name of ethanol and petrol” at Rs 110 and questioning the quality of Purvanchal and Bundelkhand expressways. Targeting Gandhi, he said, “Rahul carries a book around and talks about Constitution.
Addressing a public meeting, Anand targeted BJP govt over unemployment, paper leaks, school closures and women’s safety, accusing the ruling party of spending public money on publicity instead of jobs and education. “I have not come here to count BJP’s shortcomings. “They will come again with false promises. Anand also took digs at Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav. If its pages are turned, you will find that the pages are blank. He also accused Congress-ruled states of following policies similar to BJP on issues for which Congress criticises the ruling party. The Hathras meeting came after a series of reversals in Anand’s position within BSP.