India, Feb. 12 -- LUCKNOW Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Wednesday announced the expulsion of Ashok Siddharth, father-in-law of her nephew Akash Anand, from the party on charges of engaging in "anti-party activities".

Anand, 30, is the national coordinator of the BSP and Mayawati's political successor.

Mayawati had sacked Anand last year only to reinstate him later and appoint him as her political successor. Siddharth, a former Rajya Sabha MP, was expelled along with Nitin Singh, the Meerut district in-charge of BSP.

In a post on X, Mayawati stated: "Dr Ashok Siddharth, former MP, and Shri Nitin Singh, district Meerut, have been expelled from the party in the interest of BSP for engaging in anti-party activities."

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