LUCKNOW, March 18 -- Claiming that her party is above nepotism, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday said for her, siblings and other relatives are only part of the 'Bahujan Samaj' and nothing more.

Addressing a press conference here, she said, "For the party and movement, people who work for Bahujan Samaj will be promoted. I will never let my interests and those of my siblings and relatives weaken the party till I am alive."

Mayawati's remarks assume significance as she first removed her nephew Akash Anand from all party posts earlier this month and later expelled him from the BSP.

"The PM often makes statement on his own poverty but has never experienced caste- based discrimination that our people have experienced," she...