LUCKNOW, July 30 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national convenor Akash Anand will formally launch the party's campaign for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from the Sadabad assembly constituency in Hathras district on August 10, marking the beginning of a statewide outreach programme aimed at energising the organisation, particularly its youth base.

The campaign will be his first major public outreach since BSP president Mayawati appointed him the party's national convenor in August last year.

Mayawati had appointed her nephew Akash Anand as the BSP's national convenor in August 2025, making him the party's second-in-command and signalling his emergence as her political heir apparent. At the time, she had said Akash would play a...