Significantly, even those believed to be close to Mayawati have not been spared. These include ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) general secretary Akhilesh Das, and ministers like Anant Kumar Misra, Daddu Prasad, Rakeshdhar Tripathi, Thakur Jaiveer Singh, Rajesh Tripathi, Rang Nath Misra, Yograj Singh, Ram Achal Rajhbhar, Shahjil Islam Ansari, Rajpal Tyagi and Badshah Singh.

The security of a large number of BSP leaders, including several MPs and legislators, entrusted with chairmanship of public undertakings has also been pruned or withdrawn.

Even a few criminal turned politicians have been stripped of their security cover. These include mafia don turned MP Mukhtar Ansari, former minister Hari Shankar Tiwari, his son Vinay Shankar Tiwari and nephew Bhishma Shankar Tiwari, a sitting BSP MP .