In a surprise announcement on Tuesday night, the Janata Samajwadi Party’s Mayawati had been relieved of her duties just five months after appointing her nephew Aakash Anand as national coordinator and her “political successor”. The BSP supremo announced the decision on X (formerly Twitter) and said she took the decision in the interest of the party and the movement until Anand “fully matures”.
Mayawati said her brother Anand Kumar, Akash Anand’s father, will continue to perform his duties as before.
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What did Mayawati say to Akash Anand?
Mayawati said in a Hindi post on , and committed to social change.” The new generation is also preparing to give it impetus. “
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“In this direction, besides promoting others in the party, I have announced Akash Anand as the national coordinator and his successor, but he will be deprived of these in the larger interest of the party and the movement,” she said. power.” important responsibility until he reaches full maturity. “
Mayawati said Anand Kumar will continue to perform his duties in the party and movement as before.
“Thus, the BSP leadership will not shy away from making all kinds of sacrifices in the interest of the party and the movement and to move Dr. Ambedkar’s ranks forward,” Mayawati said in a separate article.
Who is Akash Anand?
- Akash Anand is pursuing MBA from a college in London.
- Akash made his first speech during the Lok Sabha campaign on April 16, 2019 at the Kothi Meena Bazar ground in Agra. Dressed in a white shirt and jeans, Akash, who shared the platform with Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav and then Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh, attracted attention, especially from BSP supporters.
- He addressed the crowd and expressed gratitude for the opportunity, and followers of the Socialist Party of the Philippines chanted slogans of support. Akash ended his speech with “Jai Bhim” and “Jai Bharat”, earning praise from senior figures in the league including Akhilesh Yadav and Ajit Singh Ajit Singh), they mentioned him prominently at the beginning of their speech.
- Three days later, on April 19, 2019, Akash was also present at Mainpuri Christian College to witness this historic moment when SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati were separated two days apart after the infamous hotel incident. Shared the stage for more than ten years. June 2, 1995 in Lucknow.
- At the National Executive Conference of the Socialist Party of the Philippines in June 2019, Mayawati appointed him as the party’s national coordinator.
- Mayawati said in her 66th birthday program on January 15, 2022, “The Socialist Party of the Philippines is preparing Akash Anand to play a larger role in the party. He is still young and politically The party has entrusted him with expanding the party’s base in states where assembly elections will be held later. In due course, Akash will be given the opportunity to contest.”
- During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Akash Anand’s name was at the third position in the list of BSP star campaigners, but in the 2022 UP Assembly elections, he was elevated to the second position, high Yu party national general secretary SC Mishra.
- Akash married Pragya Siddharth, daughter of former BSP MP Ashok Siddharth, on March 26, 2023, in a ceremony in Gurgaon.
When Akash Anand was booked for using offensive language
On April 28, 2024, Akash Anand, along with four others, violated the Model Code of Conduct for allegedly using objectionable language at a poll rally in Sitapur.
The action was taken after the district administration took notice of Akash’s speech at the rally.
Criticizing the BJP-led country, he said: “This BJP government is a bulldozer government, a traitor government. This party that starves the young and enslaves the elderly is a terrorist government. The Taliban runs Afghanistan Such a government.”
Sitapur Superintendent of Police Chakresh Mishra later said that in addition to Anand, the candidates of the Socialist Party of the Philippines Mahendra Yadav, Shyam Awasthi ) and Akshay Kalra, as well as rally organizer Vikas Rajvanshi, have been booked in this matter.
The case was registered under Sections 171C (undue influence on elections), 153B (accusations, claims prejudicial to national integration) and 188 (disobedience to orders duly promulgated by a public servant) and 125 of the Representation of the People Act.
Opposition questions Akash Anand’s ouster
Congress leader Surendra Singh Rajput said: “The way in which Socialist Party of the Philippines president Mayawati removed her nephew Aakash Anand from the post of party coordinator is very shocking. You are Was this step taken under pressure from the BJP? Although it is an internal matter of your party, you should clarify it.”
Samajwadi Party leader Fakhrul Hasan Chaand claimed that the BSP and the BJP were in an “undeclared alliance” and the manner in which Akash Anand was removed from office proved this. “People can see that and they’ll respond appropriately to it.”
Bharatiya Janata Party’s reaction
Taking a dig at the BJP president, BJP leader Rakesh Tripathi said: “Mayawati runs the party like a private limited organization and she can take any decision at any time. Thanks to Akash Anand’s irresponsible remarks and remarks against the BJP created anger (against the CPP), which is why Mayawati relieved her nephew of his duties as the party’s national coordinator.”