Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has entrusted her nephew Akash Anand with the task of mobilising the party in the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Akash Anand, who is the party`s national coordinator, has been directed to restructure the organisation in these states.
Assembly polls in Gujarat will be held at the end of this year while Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will go to polls in 2023. According to a party functionary, the assembly polls in these states will serve as a launch pad for Akash Anand who is being positioned as the number two in the BSP.
Mayawati has been grooming her nephew in politics after he returned from London in 2017 where he was pursuing his MBA. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, he managed the election campaign strategy of the BSP chief while in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election campaign, he handled social media activities of the party.
Akash was appointed the BSP`s national coordinator in 2019 when Mayawati rejigged the party organisation after breaking alliance with the Samajwadi Party.
He is not a very visible face in the party but has been managing the party affairs from behind the scenes.
He accompanied Mayawati during the election campaign and was also seen with her during election rallies.
Akash has campaigned in MP during the municipal polls there. He addressed public meetings in various districts. In the meeting with party state unit leaders, he instructed them to raise public issues and strengthen the organisation during a membership drive.
