India, Aug. 3 -- BSP president Mayawati on Sunday announced the expulsion of former Rajya Sabha member Ashok Siddarth and party coordinator Randhir Singh Beniwal from the party for repeated "indiscipline" and "violation" of organisational directives.

In a post on X, Mayawati said Siddarth, who is the father-in-law of her nephew Akash Anand, had earlier been expelled over "indiscipline" during the Maharashtra Assembly elections, particularly over the issue of coordination with the party's State unit in ticket distribution. He was later reinducted after he assured the leadership that such lapses would not be repeated, she said.

According to Mayawati, Siddarth was thereafter assigned responsibilities only in states outside Uttar Pradesh to...