Overview
- Akash Anand addressed a large BSP workers’ meeting in Hathras on Monday and accused the BJP of failing on jobs, education and law and order while calling Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi “uncles.”
- He alleged more than four lakh government posts are vacant in Uttar Pradesh, claimed several competitive exams have seen paper leaks, said over 25,000 schools were closed, and accused the state of spending about ₹7,000 crore on advertisements to hide shortcomings.
- At the Sadabad gathering Anand announced Dr Avin Sharma as the BSP candidate for the Sadabad assembly seat and introduced a pro-Mayawati slogan urging voters to back the party’s elephant symbol.
- The Samajwadi Party quickly rejected Anand’s personal jibes and pointed to his past disciplinary removals from BSP as evidence of his contentious role in party politics.
- Anand’s re-emergence under Mayawati’s banner signals the BSP’s push to reclaim ground in Uttar Pradesh by combining governance attacks, youth-facing messaging and candidate-building, a strategy that could heighten tensions across opposition ranks and reshape local campaigning ahead of 2027.