LUCKNOW, Sept. 10 -- Less than a week after removing her nephew, Akash Anand, 31, as BSP's chief national coordinator, party president Mayawati on Wednesday indicated that he could regain a key organisational role if his father-in-law, Ashok Siddharth, retired from active politics. In a post on X, the BSP chief said the party had given Ashok Siddharth not just one but several opportunities to mend his ways, but he had prioritised his personal interests and ambitions over the BSP's mission. The consequences, she said, had been borne by Siddharth himself as well as his son-in-law Akash Anand. "Ashok Siddharth has never truly cared for Akash Anand or the BSP movement because of his personal interests. For this, Ashok Siddharth should have set an example of greater sacrifice, penance and selflessness before the party and society than others. Instead, exactly the opposite has been happening," she said. "In such a situation, keeping in mind the interests of the BSP and its movement, as well as his own family and the future of his son-in-law Akash Anand, Ashok Siddharth still has the opportunity to renounce his political ambitions, rise above personal interests and completely retire from politics. Only then will Akash Anand be able to work freely in the party, and only then will the party sympathetically consider restoring his responsibilities so that he can play an active role in the party. This is the general consensus in the party," Mayawati said. The BSP chief further said that as is well known, elections to the legislative assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab were now very close. These three states, she said, were not only extremely important but also very special for the BSP and the Bahujan movement in advancing the caravan of self-respect and dignity of the "Bahujan Samaj", inspired by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, and in transforming the "exploited" into the "ruling class". Earlier, Akash Anand's photographs were cut out of hoardings put up for party meetings in Sultanpur and Azamgarh on Tuesday. The BSP held meetings of party leaders and workers in the two districts on Tuesday to announce its candidates for the 2027 assembly elections from Sagri in Azamgarh and Sultanpur Sadar in Sultanpur district. Workers and supporters on Tuesday found holes on the hoardings put up by party workers across both cities on Monday night to welcome senior party leaders and coordinators. They were later told by senior leaders that Akash Anand's photographs had been removed on the instructions of party headquarters in Lucknow....