Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday launched another attack on her nephew Akash Anand and accused him and his supporters of spreading rumours about her health.
Mayawati also announced changes to the BSP’s organisational structure. She also explained why she chose to address the media when she had recently used posts on X to communicate on several political issues. Mayawati alleged the rumours about her health are being spread by Akash and people around him. “His intention may have been right or wrong. Even now, he is not working with his own mind. The first sector covers Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Other states have been divided between two sectors. Several leaders have been appointed as sector in-charges to handle the party’s work in these areas. The central in-charges of the other two sectors will submit their reports in Delhi. BSP National Vice-President Anand Kumar will conduct these meetings, while the national president will submit the full reports to Mayawati.
She then referred to a phone call that she said her nephew made to BSP state in-charge Alok Kumar at around 10 pm. “Akash called Alok Kumar at around 10 pm at my residence and asked whether Behenji was ill and how her health was.
She said she decided to appear before the media herself after claims about her being unwell began circulating. She said she has taken several tough decisions recently in the interest of the BSP and that these decisions are helping the party. “It was said that I was ill and that is why I was tweeting. That is why I have come before the media myself,” she said. Akash asked Alok whether she (Mayawati) was unwell and wanted to know about her health, according to the BSP chief. She said Alok told Akash that she was completely fine and continuing with her work. Mayawati said Akash then told Kumar not to inform her about the phone call before ending the conversation. Alok Kumar told him that I was absolutely fine and doing my work. After this, Akash Anand said, ‘Don’t tell Behenji’ and hung up the phone,” she alleged. She said Anand’s intention could have been either right or wrong. He is still working on the advice of Ashok Siddharth,” she said. She said the party’s national organisation has been divided into three sectors. She said she would personally oversee the party’s organisational work in both states. Mayawati said she would take regular reports from the sector in-charges in Lucknow and would also speak to them over the phone. She said meetings of the two sectors will be held every one-and-a-half months.
She then repeated her earlier criticism of her nephew and alleged that he was still taking advice from former BSP leader Ashok Siddharth.
Mayawati had removed Akash from the BSP earlier.
The changes give her direct responsibility for the BSP’s organisation in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, while the party’s work in other states will be handled through the newly created sectors.
