Mayawati expels Ashok Siddharth again for indiscipline: ‘He won’t be taken back’

Referring to his expulsion in February 2025, Mayawati said in her post that Siddharth was expelled earlier due to indiscipline and violation of directives, particularly in relation to ticket distribution for Maharashtra elections. He was later reinstated on the condition he would not repeat such mistakes, and was assigned the responsibility of strengthening the party’s base not anywhere in Uttar Pradesh, but only in other states.

Siddharth’s earlier ouster from the party was on charges of encouraging groupism and alleged involvement in anti-party activities. He was also blamed for “spoiling the political career” of Akash Anand, his son-in-law and Mayawati’s nephew.

In September 2025, after a public apology for his “mistakes”, he was re-inducted into the party by Mayawati who appointed him as the central coordinator.

Another leader who faced the axe on Sunday was BSP national coordinator Randhir Singh Beniwal, the party’s Punjab’s incharge who also held some responsibilities in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

“Reports of indiscipline and violation of party directives against him have also been coming in continuously, and now, in the interest of the party and the movement, Randhir Singh Beniwal has also been expelled from the party with immediate effect today,” Mayawati said in her post.

According to sources, instead of giving time in poll-bound Punjab, Beniwal was more involved in local organisational affairs in western UP with the party’s central leadership receiving reports that BSP’s preparations for the 2027 elections were not satisfactory.

After announcing the action taken against the leaders, Mayawati also rolled out some organizational changes at the national level by appointing BSP Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam as the new Punjab in-charge, replacing Beniwal. She said Gautam will not only oversee the party’s efforts during the Punjab polls but also continue in that role until the next Lok Sabha elections in 2029.