Ashok Siddharth with BSP national president Mayawati
Lucknow: A day after BSP national president Mayawati called for his retirement from politics to ensure progress of his son-in-law Akash Anand, expelled BSP functionary, Ashok Siddharth, on Thursday, said that he is taking ‘sanyas’ from politics.
In a lost post on X, addressed to Mayawati, Ashok Siddharth, said, “For me, your command is supreme.
“This is a conspiracy by my political opponents, who are themselves engaged in anti-party activities, and the truth of which will surely come before you,” he said. You understand his good and bad better than anyone else; whether to give him responsibility again or not is your decision,” he said. However, after Ashok Siddharth’s announcement on his retirement from politics, Mayawati said that she has relieved Akash from the party.
My relationships, family, everything is utterly insignificant in front of it. Under your guidance, for the past thirty-five years, I have been devoted to the BSP and its mission. He clarified that he never worked against the interests of the party, or Mayawati. On him having an influence over Akash Anand, he added, “Let alone advising Akash Ji, I haven’t even met him in the past several months except on a couple of occasions when his programmes were scheduled in those states for which you had assigned me the responsibility. “He is your nephew before being my son-in-law. He has your blood in his veins; he has spent two decades of his life under your shelter, how could an ordinary worker like me mislead him?
Mayawati had said on Wednesday that if Ashok Siddharth retires from politics completely, it would be good for Akash Anand’s political career, and that he would be able to work freely in the party. In her post on Wednesday, Mayawati had blamed Ashok Siddharth for Akash Anand’s fall in the party.