Mayawati made the announcement at a key party meet today.
Lucknow/New Delhi:
Mayawati, the chief of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), has named her nephew Akash Anand as political successor.
Akash Anand, a prominent face during Mayawati’s Lok Sabha campaign in 2019, was earlier the national coordinator of the party.
The veteran leader made the announcement at a key party meet today.
This comes a day after Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali, who recently became a target of an unsavoury exchange on the floor of the house, was suspended from the BSP.
Mayawati, always a great critic of dynastic politics, had appointed her brother Anand Kumar national vice president of the party in 2019 and nephew Akash was made a national coordinator.