Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday said she has removed her nephew Akash Anand as party's national co-ordinator and her political successor until the time he attains “maturity”.
The surprise decision came on the day voting was held for the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls in the country.
"BSP is a movement for self-respect and self-esteem of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and social change for which Shri Kanshi Ram ji and I have dedicated our entire lives and a new generation is also being prepared to give it momentum,” Mayawati said in a post on X.
"In this direction, along with promoting other people in the party, I had declared Shri Akash Anand as the National Coordinator and his 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," she said.
Mayawati further said the BSP leadership will not shy away from making any kind of sacrifice in the interest of the party and the movement and in taking forward the “caravan” of Ambedkar.
The BSP chief said Akash’s father Anand kumar will continue to fulfill his “responsibilities” in the party.
Akash Anand was elevated as the party’s national coordinator in December last.
On April 28, Akash was booked in a case of violation of Model Code of Conduct along with four others for allegedly using objectionable language at a poll rally in Sitapur.
The action had come after the district administration's took suo motu cognisance of Anand's speech at the rally.
