BSP Leadership Crisis: Mayawati's Niece Deepika Anand Emerges as Potential Successor

In the Bahujan Samaj Party, who will lead the party after Mayawati? This question is once again being discussed before the 2027 assembly elections. There have been many ups and downs in the party regarding Mayawati's nephew Akash Anand. Mayawati has also said that after the distance from Akash, the second nephew Ishaan will not be given any position in the party. Meanwhile, the discussion of Mayawati's niece Deepika Anand's name has sparked a new debate on BSP politics and Mayawati's political legacy. Senior journalist Gyanendra Shukla reported that Mayawati has been against dynastic politics, but her brother Anand Kumar and nephew Akash Anand have been getting important responsibilities in the party. Akash Anand was also promoted as Mayawati's successor at one time. However, later the equation within the party changed and Akash was also taken away from the party, after which there was a discussion about the change in family and party equations after Akash Anand's marriage. Ashok Shukla's father-in-law was also upset with the current internal politics of BSP.