Mayawati names nephew Akash Anand as her political heir
- Akash Anand is Mayawati's nephew and named as her political successor
- He is the BSP's national coordinator and worked on recent election campaigns
- An MBA graduate from London, he entered politics in 2017 at age 22
- In 2019, he addressed his first political rally in Agra as part of BSP-SP alliance
- Earlier this year, he led BSP's first padayatra campaign ahead of state elections