LUCKNOW, March 4 -- Union minister of state Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday invited Akash Anand to join his Republican Party of India (Athawale) a day after the latter was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party.

"I want to request both Akash Anand and his father-in-law Ashok Siddharth (who was expelled from the BSP last month) to join the RPI to take forward the mission of Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar. Both of them will be given good position in the party. I will also speak to them soon," he said while addressing media in Lucknow. The RPI chief was in UP capital to hold a review meeting of his party.

Taking a dig at SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the RPI chief said: "Mahakumbh was held in Prayagraj in which more than 66 cr...