LUCKNOW, March 18 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Tuesday accused the Samajwadi Party and the Congress of indulging in a "selfish pursuit of Dalit votes" by celebrating BSP founder Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary and demanding that he be conferred upon the Bharat Ratna. In a post on X, the BSP chief said that with the UP assembly elections approaching, anti-Dalit parties were celebrating Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary as part of a well-planned political strategy. "The Congress party did not confer Bharat Ratna on Kanshi Ram when it was in power at the Centre. Now it is demanding the honour from another party's government. If this is not ridiculous, what is?" she said. Mayawati alleged that both parties had been trying to weaken the BSP since its inception. "From the very beginning, these parties have been engaged in efforts to destroy the BSP, whose foundation was laid by Kanshi Ram. Today, no one can challenge the sole successor of Kanshi Ram and the national president of the BSP," she said....