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After Azad remark, Maya defends call to promote Akash

1 2 Lucknow: A day after Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) leader Chandrashekhar Azad said that people rejected Akash Anand and that he was expelled and then taken back into the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) under compulsion, BSP national president Mayawati, without taking Azad's name, criticised such politicians as opportunists in her posts on X on Monday. "BSP is the only Ambedkarwadi party in the country, which has a tradition of taking action against people in its interest and also taking them back when they apologise. Akash Anand's ups and downs in the party fall in the same line of action. The restlessness among a lot of people after he was made the chief national coordinator of the party is natural," Mayawati said. It was in his party programme held in Lucknow on Sunday that Azad said that though he respected Mayawati, it is his party that will fulfil the mission of Kanshiram and BR Ambedkar. He also criticised Mayawati's nephew and newly appointed chief national coordinator of BSP, Akash Anand. To this, Mayawati, without referring to Azad, responded on Monday in a series of posts on X, saying, "The party hopes that Akash Anand will take forward the caravan of self-respect of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and Manyavar Kanshiramji and also fulfil their dreams with dedication and devotion. The party does not need people who are selfish and opportunists." Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Soluções confiáveis para centros de dados IA Siemens Energy Read More Undo Her posts were a message to both her cadre and 'bahujans' in the state, whom the party is trying to reconnect with at the grassroots level to increase its base among voters. Mayawati's bid to keep her grip firm on her voters, and her criticism of Azad, should also be seen in the context of the results of the Lok Sabha 2024 elections, in which the Azad Samaj Party won the reserved seat of Nagina in Bijnor. The seat is represented by Azad himself. BSP not only lost the Nagina seat in 2024 but also nine other parliamentary seats which it had won in 2019. On Monday, she also warned her people to be wary of such leaders who act on the directions of Congress, BJP, Samajwadi Party and other parties to weaken the unity of 'bahujans' and the BSP. She called such parties and their leaders 'barsati maindhak', who become MLAs, MPs and ministers for their personal and selfish reasons but do nothing for the welfare of 'bahujans'. "The community will not benefit because of them," she said. Meanwhile, on supporting Anand's re-induction and promotion in BSP, it was not the first time on Monday that Mayawati defended her decision. She clarified earlier also that there is nothing personal in taking back people who worked in the party at one point but were then expelled, as such decisions depend on the interest of the party and the movement.