Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh health minister Anant Kumar Mishra alias Antu Mishra was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party on Thursday for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities, BSP chief Mayawati said.The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister announced the decision in a post on X."Shri Anant Kumar Mishra alias Antu Mishra, who served as health minister in the BSP government in Uttar Pradesh, has been expelled from the party with immediate effect today due to his anti-party activities, among other reasons," Mayawati said in her post.उत्तर प्रदेश में बी.एस.पी. सरकार में स्वास्थ्य मंत्री रहे श्री अनन्त कुमार मिश्रा उर्फ अन्टू मिश्रा को उनकी पार्टी विरोधी गतिविधियों आदि के फलस्वरूप आज तत्काल प्रभाव से उन्हें पार्टी से निष्कासित कर दिया गया है। वैसे भी अब जबकि ख़ासकर उत्तर प्रदेश में चुनावी माहौल काफी गरमाया…— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 13, 2026 Read more: Mayawati seeks focus on public welfare issues during UP Assembly sessionShe also urged BSP workers at all levels to remain alert to the tactics of political opponents amid the increasingly heated electoral atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh and work with "full honesty and dedication" to ensure the success of the party's Ambedkarite mission in the upcoming Assembly elections.Mishra was the medical and health minister in Mayawati's previous government formed in 2007.Read more: UP cabinet expansion must benefit poor, give sense of security to all sections: MayawatiMayawati had earlier expelled her nephew Akash Anand's father-in-law and former Rajya Sabha member Ashok Siddharth, as well as party coordinator for Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir Randhir Singh Beniwal, on allegations of anti-party activities.