Mayawati has “completely freed” her nephew Akash Anand from her Bahujan Samaj Party in a fresh twist in his political fate.
Shortly after, Mayawati announced that Anand, who was removed as BSP’s national coordinator last week, had been sacked from the party as well. If Siddharth had even a little concern for the bright future of his son-in-law, he would have announced his retirement from politics immediately yesterday, the BSP chief said, adding that a lack of delay would have ensured Anand’s active involvement in the party.
A day earlier, the former chief minister had sought Anand’s father-in-law, Ashok Siddharth, to retire from politics as a condition to back her nephew into the BSP.
Earlier reporting noted: Though she did not openly say that he has been expelled from the party, sources in the party confirmed the same. “The people in the party feel…he should be completely freed from the party from today. Therefore, if Akash Anand wants to remain independent in the party, he is free to do so; that is, he has now been completely freed from the party,” Mayawati said in a post on X.
Read: For Nephew’s Return To Party, Mayawati Sets “Sanyas” Condition For His Father-In-Law Justifying the move, Mayawati said Anand was more attached to his family interests than the party’s success, raising a doubt about whether he could effectively serve the party. The former chief minister also described his father-in-law’s decision to step down from politics as a “correct step”, though late. “Siddharth’s decision to retire from politics is a good thing, just like the proverb “better late than never”,” she said, adding that the party had sought his retirement in the larger interest of the BSP, its movement, and Anand. Earlier reporting noted: Mayawati expels Akash Anand from BSP after Ashok Siddharth announces ‘sanyas’ BSP national president Mayawati has again expelled her nephew Akash Anand from the party. (File Photo) Earlier reporting noted: LUCKNOW: In a major development unfolding in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), party national president Mayawati, on Thursday, said that Akash Anand, her nephew, and former national convener of the party, has been “fully relieved” from the party.
