BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday declared her nephew Akash Anand as her uttaradikari (heir). Udayveer Singh, the BSP’s Shahjahanpur district unit chief said Akash Anand has been declared the uttaradhikari by Mayawatiji. He said Anand has been given the responsibility to strtengthen the party organization all over India except Uttar Pradesh.

The party’s official statement did not include any such decision. Singh said Mayawati announced the decision during a meeting in the district that was attended by party leaders from all over India. Mayawati said  Anand will be her heir after her.

Confirming the development, BSP MLC Bhim Rao Ambedkar said. The party has got a youth leader in Akash Anand. He said in states where the party is weak, Anand will be strengthening it. He added BSP’s mission will continue. Asked about Anand becoming Mayawati’s successor, the BSP’s state unit chief Vishwanath Pal said Pura Bahujan samaj Khush hai. Anand is party’s national coordinator at present.

According to the party’s official statement, Mayawati called upon the party workers to increase the BSP’s support base for the Lok Sabha elections to liberate the poor, backward and deprived sections from the exploitative system of vote hamara, raj tumhara.

Mayawati gave detailed guidelines to senior office bearers of various states regarding preparations for the general elections. She said as an Ambedkarite party, the BSP’s effort is to develop the political power of the Bahujan Samaj by connecting various sections of the Bahujan community on the basis of mutual brotherhood. She said the objective is to acquire the master key of power.

She called upon the party workers to strengthen the organization with double effort to properly face opposition parties, which mostly survive in politics through money power, attractive promises and deceitful claims instead of policy and principles for the public and national interest.

Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Sunday met with former CM and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao who was admitted to hospital following a fall recently. In a video circulating on social media Reddy wearing a mask is seen speaking to Rao as the latter also tries interacting with him. Reddy is accompanied by a few men. One can also see the doctor standing beside Rao as Reddy speaks to him.

After interacting with Rao for a few moments the CM left the premises.Revanth Reddy took to X(formerly Twitter) and wrote visited former chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao, who was on rest, and inquired about his well being. Reddy also shared a picture of him along with the BRS supremo.

Former chief minister Chandrasekhar Rao was admitted to the Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad after he fell in his farmhouse in Erravalli. Rao’s son and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader KT Rama Rao said KCR suffered a fracture following the fall. Chandrasekhar Rao also underwent hip replacement surgery after his admission to the hospital.

The Hospital said in a statement Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao Garu had a slip and fall in his bathroom at his residence and was subsequently brought to Yashoda hospital for further care. On evaluation including CT scans he was found to have hip fracture. He would require left hip replacement for the same and the usual course of recovery for such cases is expected to be six to eight weeks.

On direction of Telangana CM Revanth Reddy earlier, the secretary of Health, Medical and family welfare department in Telangana visited Yashoda hospital to inquire about the health of former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao. PM Modi took to X(Formerly Twitter) and wrote that he is distressed to know that former Telangana CM KCR Garu has suffered an injury. He prayed for his speedy recovery and good health

Vishnu Deo Sai, the former Chhattisgarh BJP president, will be the new chief minister of the state. The BJP had been in a huddle over the chief ministerial name since it scored a comfortable victory in Chhattisgarh, refuting election polls that predicted a tough fight with the Congress. Sai’s name was being counted among the frontrunners, along with former chief minister Raman Singh.

Sai had been the state president of the BJP between 2020 and 2022.He was the union minister of state for steel in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term. He was also the Lok Sabha member from the BJP representing Chhattisgarh’s Raipur constituency. He is a member of BJP’s national working committee.

After the formation of the Congress government in 2018, when the BJP restructured its organization, Vishnu Deo Sai was appointed as the state president of BJP. In 2022, Arun Sao replaced Sai as the party’s state unit chief. Vishnu Deo Sai has been unanimously chosen as the leader of the legislative assembly. BJP Leader OP Chaudhary said the BJP will take the state forward under his leadership. He said they will fulfill the responsibilities decided by the party. He said the BJP will give their 100% under the leadership of Vishnu Deo Sai.

Sai began his political career as a panchayat leader. He later remained a member of the Madhya Pradesh assembly between 1990 and 98. In 1999, he was elected to the 13^th Lok Sabha. He was later re-elected to the subsequent Lok Sabhas from Raipur. With his appointment as the chief Minister, the BJP eyes the sizable tribal votes in the state for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the Chhattisgarh assembly elections, Sai won from the Kunkuri Tribal seat with a margin of over 25000 votes. The BJP won 54 seats in Chhattisgarh, the Congress trailed behind with only 35 seats.