Mayawati names nephew Akash Anand as her successor

According to sources, Mayawati said that Akash will be her successor to take the mission movement of the party forward and work as any other karyakarta in BSP. She emphasised that Akash Anand should not be treated as her family member but as any other party worker. A party leader said that Akash has been declared as the BSP chief’s political successor to do away with the confusion within the party about the second-in-command authority.