New Delhi:
Akash Anand, the nephew of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, this morning heaped praise on his aunt, two days after he was sacked from a senior post and demoted as her successor.
In a brief note on
“Mayawatiji… you are an ideal for the entire Bahujan Samaj (and) millions of countrymen worship you. It is because of your struggle that our society today has acquired such political power that has enabled the Bahujan Samaj to learn to live with respect .”
I think that it @mayawati I think I'm okay, I don't know I think I'm okay I think I'm okay I think I'm okay I think I'm okay
I think it's okay I think I got it…
— Akash Anand (@AnandAkash_BSP) May 9, 2024
“You are our universally accepted leader. I will follow your orders and will continue to fight for the Bhim Mission and my society till my last breath. Hail Bhim, Hail India,” he posted.
Mr Anand's post is seen as an attempt to mend the fracas with his aunt.
Earlier this week, Mayawati dismissed Akash Anand as BSP national coordinator and as her heir apparent, “in the larger interest of the party and the movement”. Mr Anand, she said, would be “separated from both these important responsibilities until he reaches full adulthood”.
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The blow came after a police case was filed against Mr Anand over comments against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which he labeled as running “a bulldozer government” and raged: “The party that leaves the youth hungry and enslaves the elderly , is a terrorist. government.”
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The comment was made during an election rally and led to Model Code violation cases against him and four others, after which his other duties were suspended.
Mayawati had appointed him as her political heir in December.
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With the removal of Akash Anand, Mayawati was seen as having achieved a dual purpose: she dodged the charges of nepotism used mercilessly by the BJP to attack its rivals, especially the Congress, and also pacified the Dalits who criticized had on her. cousin's rant against the BJP.
Crucially, she kept the door open for a post-election alliance with the saffron party, either at the state (the party is expected to win UP's 80 Lok Sabha seats) or at the central level. The BSP has a history of supporting the BJP, having done so in 1995, 1997 and 2002.
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