BSP gears up for organisational push in UP: Akash Anand to play key role as Mayawati reviews preparedness

With an eye on the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is set to step up its organisational overhaul, with national coordinator Akash Anand expected to play a key role alongside party president Mayawati.

The renewed push will take shape from Saturday next, when Mayawati convenes a state-level meeting in Lucknow to review the party’s work so far, and issue fresh directions to strengthen its position across the state.

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The meeting is being seen as a significant organisational exercise, as in-charges and presidents of all 403 assembly segments appointed by the party, heads and in-charges of the OBC and Muslim Bhaichara (brotherhood) committees, district presidents, and party coordinators appointed at the divisional level will be present.

“The state-level meeting is a platform where key issues related to the state are discussed, including the political atmosphere, people’s perceptions about law and order in different districts, and concerns affecting various castes and communities. Based on these inputs, the future course of action for the party is decided by the leadership,” party sources said.

According to a party functionary, the large number of office-bearers being called is aimed at seeking direct feedback from the ground and clearly instructing them on the party’s strategy going forward.

With assembly elections due next year, Mayawati has been reviewing the preparedness of the UP unit more frequently. The last such review meeting was held in October. While the party has appointed in-charges for all other states, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand continue to remain under Mayawati’s direct supervision.

Sources said that as the BSP is aiming to align upper-caste voters with Bahujans in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 assembly elections, organisational tasks assigned to the state unit are likely to be reviewed more frequently in the coming months. In her address on January 15, Mayawati had appealed to upper-caste voters in the state to place their faith in the party.

Meanwhile, party sources indicated that Akash Anand is likely to be tasked with holding district-level meetings and undertaking extensive tours across Uttar Pradesh to review the ongoing organisational strengthening at the grassroots level and ensure effective implementation of the leadership’s directives.