LUCKNOW: Within a month of being removed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Akash Anand said that he is willing to “serve the party and the mission” under the “sole leadership” of his aunt and BSP national president Mayawati.“Trust can only be built through work and not words. I want to prove this through my behaviour and hard work,” he said in his post on X on Friday, which was addressed to his ‘bua-maa, political teacher and inspiration’ Mayawati.He also added in his post that Babasaheb’s mission, path shown by Kanshiram and Mayawati’s leadership were the basis of his politics. He clarified that he was neither joining nor would join any other political party.“BSP is not just a party for me but my family,” he said.Akash Anand was the national convener of BSP before he was removed from the party on Sept 10. He is the elder of the two sons of Mayawati’s brother, Anand Kumar. The younger, Ishan Anand, was made the national coordinator of BSP by Mayawati on Sept 23.However, Akash Anand’s apology and expression of willingness to be back in the party have left it to Mayawati whether she would take him back into the party or not. This time, Mayawati has already clarified that she would not take Akash back into BSP.Mayawati had removed Akash from BSP a few hours after his father-in-law and expelled senior party leader Ashok Siddharth announced his retirement (sanyas) from politics in a long post addressed to her on Sept 10.She said that Akash did not repost what she had posted on Sept 9, in which she sought Ashok Siddharth’s retirement from politics.On Friday, Akash justified Mayawati’s decision to expel Ashok Siddharth from the party and seek his retirement from politics. “I support your decision. Mission is bigger than relations. It is my responsibility to keep the interests of the party and the movement above personal and familial interests,” he said.He said that because he had distanced himself from the social media at that point of time he could not repost Mayawati’s Sept 9 post. “But my silence was misunderstood and it led to rumours. I apologise if that had hurt you,” he added.This was the third expulsion of Akash Anand from the party. First, it was in May 2024, and second, in March 2025. Each time he was taken back within a month of it and also promoted in the party.
