Akash Anand expelled in 'interest of the party'

A day after removing her nephew Akash Anand from all organisational posts, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati expelled him from the party on Monday.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: In a series of posts on X, Mayawati said, "Akash Anand has been expelled from the BSP in the interest of the party and the movement."

In an all-India meeting of the BSP on Sunday, Akash Anand was relieved of all responsibilities, including the post of party's national coordinator, citing the continued influence his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth, who was earlier expelled from the party, exerted on him.

On Monday, Mayawati said on X that "he was expected to repent and show maturity", and went on to add that his response to his removal from the posts did not show this. "But on the contrary, the lengthy response given by Akash is not a sign of his remorse and political maturity, but is mostly selfish, arrogant and non-missionary under the influence of his father-in-law, whom I have been advising everybody in the party to avoid."