Because of his father-in-law, Ashok Siddharth, bSP chief Mayawati says Akash Anand was expelled from the party.
Earlier reporting noted: The remarks came a day after she reinstated Akash and appointed him BSP national coordinator, reversing his expulsion on September 10. “I want to say that even before Akash Anand’s marriage, he had been playing an active role in the party, due to which he was never expelled from the party. She expressed hope that with Ashok Siddharth’s ‘sanyas’ there won’t be anymore expulsions for Akash from the party and he would only move ahead in politics.
In a post in Hindi on X, she said, “Most media outlets have exaggerated the matter by writing that he was expelled from the party four times…. But after his association with Ashok Siddharth, the latter made several attempts to tarnish Akash Anand’s image for his self-interest,” she further said, adding that, “For the purpose of bringing an improvement in Akash Anand, he was separated from the party several times, and taken back after he realised his mistakes,” Mayawati said. Earlier reporting noted: She said there would be no need to separate Anand from the party anymore, as his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth had retired.
The move followed his father-in-law and senior BSP leader Ashok Siddharth’s retirement from active politics. Lucknow: A day after taking re-inducting her nephew Akash Anand into the party and reinstating him as the party’s national convener, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said there would be no need to separate him from the party anymore as his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth has retired from politics. Earlier reporting noted: After his father-in-law’s ‘sanyas’, no need to separate Akash from BSP: Mayawati LUCKNOW Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday dismissed claims that her nephew, Akash Anand, faced multiple expulsions from the party, saying that he was never expelled prior to his marriage and that any subsequent disciplinary actions were specifically intended to help him improve his conduct rather than a recurring pattern of removal.