BSP national convener Akash Anand
It was his first public meeting after his return to the party and reinstatement as national convener on Oct 5. In fact, after his Sadabad public meeting on Aug 10 and his personal attacks on the opposition leaders going viral, the party did not play up his second public meeting which was at Jewar on Aug 25. The way Mayawati had reacted this time was similar to how she had reacted to Akash’s election speech in Sitapur during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Akash had faced an FIR for his speech in Sitapur on April 28, and days after that, Mayawati had sacked him from the party for his lack of maturity.
Because of Mayawati’s schooling of him before he restarted his election campaign in UP, the change in his tone and tenor may have been.
Akash, who has been expelled thrice from the party by his aunt and BSP president Mayawati for being “immature” in handling the national-level responsibilities in the party, had recently won her appreciation when she publicly acknowledged his display of “wisdom and maturity” as the party’s national convener in her post on X. Akash was removed from the party on Sept 10 by Mayawati for being “immature” in handling the national-level responsibility of the party. Though he hit out at UP govt for its functioning and policies, and also Congress and Samajwadi Party for failing people of UP, Akash exercised caution and restraint in his tirade against them. This time, there was no mention of UP CM or other senior BJP members, like Nitin Gadkari, whom Akash had lavishly attacked in his previous speeches.
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party public meeting at Anupshahr assembly constituency in Bulandshahr on Wednesday saw a ‘mellowed down’ party national convener Akash Anand.