BSP chief Mayawati removes nephew Akash Anand as political heir, party’s national coordinator
While she did not elaborate on what had led to the decision, it came after Anand was booked for allegedly promoting enmity after he criticised the BJP.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday removed her nephew Akash Anand as the party’s national coordinator and her political successor “until he attains maturity”.
While she did not elaborate on what had led to her decision, this comes 10 days after Anand, along with other party leaders, was booked by Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly promoting enmity after he used alleged unparliamentary language while criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party government at a rally.
“I had declared Akash Anand as the national coordinator and my successor, but in the larger interest of the party and the movement, he is being divested of both these important responsibilities until he attains full maturity,” Mayawati said in a social media post on Tuesday.
She added that Akash Anand’s father, Anand Kumar, will continue his responsibilities in the party.
“The BSP leadership is not going to shy away from making every sacrifice in the interest of the party and the movement and in taking forward the caravan of Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar,” she said.
At the election rally in Sitapur on April 28, Anand had described the BJP as a “government of traitors”.
“Where children go hungry, where women and girls face abuse, where the youth are jobless, and where people are exploited under the guise of free rations, there...
