BSP Chief Mayawati appoints new coordinators, strips nephew Akash Anand Of party roles

Lucknow: In a major organisational shake-up, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday removed her nephew Akash Anand from all party posts, effectively ruling him out as her political successor. Following a crucial party meeting, the BSP appointed his father and party general secretary Anand Kumar, along with Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam, as the new national coordinators.

Mayawati said that the development of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahujan community is essential not only for the state’s progress but for the advancement of the entire country. She also outlined the plans for the upcoming celebrations of BSP founder Kanshi Ram’s birth anniversary, reaffirming the party’s commitment to his ideology.

Praising Anand Kumar’s loyalty towards party she said that apart from monitoring all official works, she also maintains good contact with workers and people on the ground and also gives me good feedback, time to time.

The reason behind sacking Akash Anand as the party’s national co-ordinator is the ‘negative influence’ from his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth as the latter was expelled by BSP chief, sometime back on charges of creating factionalism within the party, in a bid to weaken it and erode its organisational strength.

Second time Akash Anand has been stripped of party positions. The first time it occurred was in May 2024, just before Lok Sabha elections. He was however reinstated to the post two months later, after Lok Sabha elections got over. Mayawati was also unequivocal and unambiguous in her declaration that she won’t allow any successor in the party till her last breath.