Mayawati Picks Nephew Akash Anand To Lead BSP Troops In Bihar Poll Battle, Win Dalit Votes
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The Bihar project can also be being seen by political observers as Mayawati’s bid to provide Akash a base to show his price and regain stature throughout the celebration
Akash Anand, who’s the BSP’s chief nationwide coordinator, has been tasked with not solely successful over the Dalit voters but additionally different backward castes by ‘Bhaichara Committees’ (brotherhood committees) and strengthening the celebration in Bihar. File pic
One other Dalit outfit has thrown its hat into the ring for the battle of Bihar votes. Bahujan Samaj Celebration supremo Mayawati, thought of a Dalit messiah and a four-time chief minister of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, has made her intentions clear to contest all 243 seats within the upcoming Bihar meeting polls. She has entrusted her nephew, Akash Anand, with the duty, as soon as thought of her successor however later fell from grace, solely to be introduced again into the celebration fold.
Akash Anand, who’s the BSP’s chief nationwide coordinator, has been tasked with not solely successful over the Dalit voters but additionally different backward castes by “Bhaichara Committees” (brotherhood committees) and strengthening the celebration in Bihar. Celebration veteran and Mayawati’s trusted aide Ramji Gautam, a Rajya Sabha lawmaker, has additionally been deputed to help Akash.
Each held a celebration cadre assembly in Patna on June 26, and since then, the formation of Bhaichara Committees has begun. BSP has made it clear that it’s going to not ally with any celebration within the Bihar polls and can contest all 243 seats. Akash Anand has the onerous process of selecting the correct candidates for all 243 seats and placing up a powerful struggle to regain his stature throughout the celebration.
The BSP, which fashioned the federal government 4 instances in UP with Mayawati because the chief minister, has had a steady downfall since 2012. The BSP has just one MLA in UP proper now. The celebration peaked by successful 5 meeting seats within the 2000 Bihar meeting polls, and since then has managed to select up a number of odd seats in subsequent elections, failing to win any within the 2020 version.
Akash Anand, as soon as thought of Mayawati’s successor, was abruptly expelled from the celebration by her aunt earlier this yr in March. Simply earlier than that, Akash’s father-in-law and senior BSP chief Ashok Sidharth was additionally expelled. Mayawati had accused Ashok Sidharth of factionalism and anti-party actions. However it was her expulsion of nephew Akash Anand that shocked the political class. Mayawati mentioned that Akash was below the undue affect of his father-in-law and working a parallel construction throughout the BSP.
As stunning because the expulsion was, inside weeks, Akash Anand publicly apologised and was swiftly reinstated by Mayawati, who appointed him because the chief nationwide coordinator, albeit with a warning to stay away from celebration affairs in UP and his father-in-law.
Akash had then said that he would commit his life to the celebration and that Mayawati was the supreme chief. Since then, he has been preserving a low profile and sustaining a distance from his father-in-law.
On June 26, he was despatched by Mayawati to the Bihar celebration employees’ assembly, and this might be his first large project for the reason that comeback. The Bihar project can also be being seen by political observers as Mayawati’s bid to provide Akash a base to show his price and regain stature throughout the celebration.
With union minister Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Celebration (Ram Vilas) and Jitan Ram Manjhi of HAM additionally vying to consolidate Dalits behind them in Bihar, it could be a difficult process for Akash Anand.
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