(File photo) Akash Anand touching the feet of his aunt and BSP chief Mayawati during a party event in Lucknow on Oct 9
Lucknow: BSP national convener and party national president Mayawati ’s nephew, Akash Anand, will restart the party’s campaign for 2027 assembly elections in UP from Bulandshahr on Oct 28. The party did not share any details of his second meeting at Jewar assembly constituency in Gautam Budh Nagar on Aug 25. Because of Ashok Siddharth than Akash himself, “The way Aakash has been working for the party and the movement proves that whatever unpleasant developments took place in the past were more.
She dispelled rumours about Ashok Siddharth also being taken back into the party like Akash Anand and said that it would never happen. Akash has been expelled thrice from the party by Mayawati for being “immature” in handling his responsibilities in the party. On Sunday, she publicly acknowledged his display of “wisdom and maturity” as the party’s national convener and said that people of ‘Bahujan Samaj’ had huge expectations from him.
Mayawati herself put the details about his upcoming public meetings in UP on her X account, which was sufficiently indicative of her approving Akash’s current style of working in the party. She also sought public support for his meetings. Mayawati appreciated her nephew for “working hard to fulfill the responsibilities of the party and keeping it all above his relations and family. She attributed the change in Akash’s attitude to his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth’s retirement from politics and the latter not exercising any kind of influence on him. This was the reason why Ashok Siddharth was advised to quit the party and retire from politics,” noted Mayawati.