LUCKNOW, June 26 -- : Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati continues to go tough on party functionaries still associated with expelled party leader Ashok Siddarth, a former Rajya Sabha member and her nephew Akash Anand's father-in-law.

The BSP's Budaun district president RP Tyagi on Wednesday filed an FIR against 10 expelled functionaries and workers, including Rajesh Kumar, who was closely associated with Ashok Siddarth and had been removed as the Dataganj assembly constituency in-charge at the Civil Lines police station of Budaun.

The complaint alleges that these individuals made objectionable comments on social media and threatened to kill him. Rajesh Kumar allegedly launched a campaign against the party and its leaders on...