India, Oct. 19 -- Her supporters came in droves, cheered her endlessly but returned home uncertain about her plan to finally resurrect the BSP.

Mayawati's one message that excited the rallyists was her appeal to support the party's young national convenor Akash Anand just as they had supported her.

Akash Anand has also 'matured', and did not call the BJP names. Describing him as politically immature, Mayawati had earlier removed him as her successor after he had called the Yogi government a terrorist government. He chose his words carefully in his brief speech on October 9 rally. Dalits see in him the future of the BSP and a counter to Chandrashekhar Azad of the Bhim Army, the emerging Dalit leader in the state.

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