LUCKNOW, Nov. 15 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national convenor Akash Anand on Saturday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of playing the Hindu-Muslim card to divert public attention from its failures and polarise voters ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. Addressing a public meeting in the Badhapur assembly constituency in Bijnor, he attacked the BJP, Samajwadi Party and Congress, and appealed to people to elect BSP chief Mayawati as chief minister for a fifth term. He also announced Tanya Nagpal as the party's candidate from the Badhapur assembly seat. Targeting the BJP, Anand said the government had spent Rs.7,000 crore over the past 10 years telling people that Uttar Pradesh had become developed and safe, but had "failed to improve government hospitals, fill 13 lakh vacant government posts, prevent question paper leaks, reopen 25,000 closed schools and fill 1.5 lakh vacant teaching posts." He alleged that heinous crimes and offences against women had increased over the past decade. While the state government projected itself as an "encounter government", most encounters were fake, he claimed. He also accused the government of depriving children from weaker sections of access to education. He also criticised the SP and Congress, accusing them of using the Constitution and the PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) plank to secure votes. Rahul Gandhi, he said, carried a copy of the Constitution but remained silent on the exploitation of weaker sections in Congress-ruled states. He also termed the BJP and the Congress two sides of the same coin. Targeting SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Anand said he was confused about the party's PDA plank. He condemned Yadav's remarks about the grandchildren of former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh and demanded an apology....