Lucknow,

04 March (HS): Ramdas Athawale, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and

Empowerment, has asked Akash Anand to join his Republican Party of India (Athawale)

following his dismissal from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

“Akash

Anand was following Mayawati Ji.

Unfortunately, he was ejected from the BSP. I invite Akash Anand to join our outfit. We will respect him in the Republican Party

of India,” he stated on Tuesday. The

Union Minister asserted that Akash Anand promoted and worked for the purpose of

the Bahujan society. Akash Anand,

Mayawati’s nephew, was kicked out of the BSP yesterday after she said he was

engaging in anti-party activities and dancing to the melodies of his

father-in-law Dr Ashok Siddharth, who had already been fired from the party.

He

reacted to Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav by saying that his

character has changed.

Akhilesh

Yadav continues to speak on Mahakumbh, which is inappropriate. He went to have

a barth in Kumbh, but continued making remarks. He shouldn’t have done

that. They were our friends, but they

have changed, Athawale observed. The Union Minister stated that Congress leader

Rahul Gandhi did not participate in the Mahakumbh. They needed Hindu votes but neglected

Kumbh. If he had gone, the Yogi Adityanath

government would have provided him with all amenities, but he chose not to.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi