Akash Anand has reaffirmed his loyalty to BSP chief Mayawati and turned his focus to the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. His remarks signal a renewed commitment to the party leadership as the BSP prepares for the next electoral battle.Mayawati and Akash Anand (Photo-ITG)Bulandshahr,Oct 28, 2026 18:29 ISTBSP national coordinator Akash Anand on Wednesday pledged his commitment to party chief Mayawati, saying he would consider the Bahujan community his family and work to make it the country's ruling force.Addressing his first public rally after being reinstated in the Bahujan Samaj Party, Anand also criticised the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and urged party workers and young people to prepare for the 2027 Assembly elections, news agency Press Trust of India reported.At the rally in Bulandshahr, Anand, who is Mayawati's nephew, said he had once asked the BSP chief why she repeatedly put him to the test.

Mayawati told him that she had given up her own family, embraced the Bahujan community as her family and dedicated her life to sacrifice and struggle, but the community had also tested her, he said.“I said, ‘Yes, it does.’ Then respected Behenji told me that she could not entrust such a big movement, such a large community and such a huge responsibility to me without putting me through tests,” Anand said, according to PTI. He said he had assured Mayawati that he was ready to face every test she set for him for as long as he lived.

He also told her that he considered the Bahujan community, rather than his own family, as his family and would continue to make sacrifices, persevere and work day and night for it.“I will not rest until I make this community the ruling force in the country,” he said. Thanking Mayawati for giving him another opportunity, Anand said she had once again considered him successful in her test and sent him back among the people.Mayawati had expelled Anand from the party on September 10, after which his father-in-law, Ashok Siddharth, announced his retirement from politics.

Anand was reinstated on October 5, around 25 days after his expulsion, following his apology and demands from party workers that he be taken back.Targeting the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, Anand alleged that it had spent Rs 7,000 crore in public money over the past 10 years on advertisements portraying the state as developed and safe.He alleged that while the government had thousands of crores of rupees to publicise its achievements, it did not have adequate resources to prevent tragedies and improve public services. He cited the deaths of 10 children in a fire at a government hospital in Jhansi.Anand also claimed that more than 13 lakh government posts remained vacant in Uttar Pradesh and accused the government of failing to take steps to fill them.In his first rally since returning to the BSP, Anand reaffirmed his loyalty to Mayawati, criticised the Uttar Pradesh government over spending, public services and vacancies, and called on BSP workers and young people to begin preparing for the 2027 Assembly elections.- Ends