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At this time, such a big political earthquake has taken place within the politics of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party which has attracted the attention of the entire country. BSP supremo Mayawati has taken a very tough and unexpected step, keeping the discipline and purity of organization within the party paramount. After senior party leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Siddhartha announced his political retirement, Mayawati has termed it a ‘late step’. Along with this, Mayawati has also completely thrown her nephew and successor Akash Anand out of the party. This development has proved that for the BSP chief, the party’s movement and its discipline are more important than any family relationship or personal attachment. This turmoil within the party, just before the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, has started various discussions in the political circles and everyone is busy assessing the long-term consequences of this big decision.
Complete incident of Ashok Siddharth’s political retirement and Mayawati’s strong reaction
The internal strife and tussle that has been going on within the Bahujan Samaj Party for some time took a new turn when former MP Ashok Siddharth announced his retirement from politics and social life with immediate effect. Earlier, Mayawati had issued a sharp statement making it clear that if Ashok Siddharth really wants to see the political future of his son-in-law and party leader Akash Anand secure, then he should give up his political ambitions and retire completely. Following Mayawati’s ultimatum, Ashok Siddharth announced his retirement on social media and reiterated his loyalty to the party. However, despite this, Mayawati described his decision as ‘a good but very late step’ and said that if he had true loyalty towards the party, he should have taken this decision much earlier. This stance of Mayawati was enough to make it clear that there is no scope left for those within the party who disregard the rules or put family priorities above the organization.
Akash Anand’s leave from BSP: This decision of Mayawati created a big uproar in Bahujan politics.
When things did not work out even after Ashok Siddharth’s retirement, Mayawati took another drastic step and made a big announcement of completely expelling her nephew Akash Anand from the party. Mayawati clarified in her statement that Akash Anand was not able to get out of his family relations and his attachment to father-in-law Ashok Siddharth, due to which he was not able to give priority to the core interests of the party and the Bahujan mission. At one time, Akash Anand was entrusted with big responsibilities like adding young faces to the party and being the National Convener, but due to indiscipline and moving away from the party line, he was first removed from this post and now he was shown the way out of the party itself. After this incident, an atmosphere of confusion and surprise has arisen within the common workers and cadre base of BSP, because the exit of the most prominent young face of the party in this way can have a deep impact on the upcoming strategies.
Party interest vs familism: BSP supremo Mayawati’s strong message and appeal to Kanshi Ram’s principles
Mayawati, founder and president of Bahujan Samaj Party, has always made the path shown by Kanshi Ram ji and the ideological discipline of the party the main basis of her politics. He has always believed that there should not be dominance of any one family or personal relationship within the party, because this deviates the basic objective of the party. Speaking on the episode of Ashok Siddharth and Akash Anand, Mayawati bluntly said that those who give more importance to their personal and family interests than the party movement, they cannot be true well-wishers of the Bahujan community. He has given a strong message to all the party leaders and workers that the organization is paramount and anyone breaking discipline will not be spared, no matter how close he is. This tough attitude of Mayawati may be giving rise to internal discord within the party for some time, but through this she wants to show that BSP will not compromise with its old ideological determination.
Impact of this political development on upcoming assembly elections and new political strategy of BSP
In view of the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, this aggressive and disciplinary stance of Mayawati is going to play a very important role in deciding the future direction of the party. On one hand, while the opposition parties are targeting the BSP over this internal feud, on the other hand, political analysts believe that Mayawati wants to send a clear message within the party through this step that now there will be a renewed emphasis on cadre-based politics. After the departure of Akash Anand and Ashok Siddharth, efforts have now started in the party organization to bring forward new and loyal grassroots workers, so that the lost ground of the party can be strengthened again. Although only time will tell how effective this decision of Mayawati proves to be among the public, but for now, this high-voltage political drama has raised the political temperature of Uttar Pradesh to the seventh sky.