Lucknow, Aug. 15 -- A day after expelling former health minister Anant Kumar Mishra 'Antu' from the party, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati launched a damage-control exercise on Friday to win over the Brahmin community. The BSP chief said she wants to assure the Brahmin community that they should remain strongly connected with the party. "They will be given adequate tickets in the 2027 assembly election and will also be given positions in the government after the BSP comes to power, as was done after the 2007 assembly election when the party formed a majority government," she said in a post on X. Mayawati expelled Mishra from the party on Thursday on the charge of indulging in anti-party activities. Mishra, who was active in the Kanpur region, attempted to join the BJP before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He was conspicuous by his absence at party meetings for the last several months. Mishra has refuted the allegations of anti-party activities. "As a loyal soldier of the party, he was involved in expanding the party's base and assisting Bahujan Samaj Party workers. I will talk to the supporters to decide the future course of action," he said, speaking to the media. After Mishra's expulsion, BJP, Samajwadi Party leaders and various Brahmin organisations condemned the BSP chief for targeting upper caste leaders. Earlier, the BSP chief had expelled Brahmin leaders Nakul Dubey and Ramiv Upadhyaya, they said. To counter their allegation, Mayawati, in a post on X, said, "Leaders from the Brahmin and other communities, who have been expelled or have left to join other parties due to their personal interests or have joined the ruling party to escape accountability for their misdeeds, their commitment to the party has remained highly questionable and disappointing in the eyes of the people."...