Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday removed nephew Akash Anand as the party's national co-ordinator and her successor "until he attains full maturity."
The decision of the BSP supremo came on the day of third phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections.
In a post in Hindi on X, Mayawati said, BSP is also a movement for self-respect and self-esteem of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and social change for which Shri Kanshi Ram ji and I have dedicated our entire lives and a new generation is also being prepared to give it momentum.
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"Along with promoting other people in the party, I declared Akash Anand as the National Coordinator and my successor, but in the larger interest of the party and the movement, he is being removed from both these important responsibilities until he attains full maturity," Mayawati said in a post on X.
The decision comes days after the party cancelled all the political rallies of Akash. Akash had started the BSP campaign from Nagina Lok Sabha seat on 6 April. He addressed several rallies in western and eastern Uttar Pradesh, including Agra, Bulandshahr, Mathura, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh and Kaushambi.
Mayawati also said that Akash's father Anand Kumar will continue to perform his duties in the party like before.
Last month, a case was registered against Akash Anand on April 28 for allegedly using unparliamentary words and making a statement to create enmity between people during a rally in Sitapur. Anand had attacked out at the BJP in his speech.
"This government is a bulldozer government and a government of traitors. The party that leaves its youth hungry and enslaves its elderly is a terrorist government. Taliban runs such a government in Afghanistan," he had said in criticism of the BJP-led state government.