Lucknow, Sept. 3 -- The roller-coaster ride of Akash Anand, 31, in the Bahujan Samaj Party continued as the party's national president Mayawati, his aunt, removed him from the key post of chief national coordinator on Thursday. This is the third time in over two years that he has faced the political axe in a stint marked by frequent 'ousted-brought back-ousted again' chapters.

While the BSP chief claimed the step was taken as she believed he required further maturity and introduced his younger brother Ishan Anand at a party meeting in Lucknow on Thursday, party insiders claimed a family feud and infighting in the organisation were behind the latest episode in the internal politics of the party, which has been losing successive assembly a...