LUCKNOW, Oct. 29 -- After the show of strength at a rally marking the death anniversary of the Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram, party chief Mayawati has set sights on winning the support of the Muslim community in the run-up to the 2027 UP assembly elections. As part of the outreach, Mayawati will chair a meeting of the Bhaichara (brotherhood) committee of Muslims at the party's state unit office on Wednesday. The meeting will be attended by party leaders and office-bearers, including 'Mandal Sanyojaks' appointed across the 18 divisions of Uttar Pradesh to help revive the Muslim Sangathan (organisation) within the BSP. Fighting for survival in the UP politics and to counter Samajwadi Party's PDA (Picchde, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) formula, the BSP is working on a rainbow coalition of Dalits, Muslims, OBCs and upper castes to regain the lost ground in 2027. Mayawati is working to win the confidence of the Muslim community despite blaming them for the worst defeat suffered by the party in the 2022 assembly and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Mayawati had stated that Muslim community had dumped the BSP due to the "tacit campaign" launched by the rival BJP and SP to polarise the Muslim and Hindu votes. The BSP chief had fielded 88 Muslim candidates in the 2022 assembly elections while tickets were given to 19 Muslim candidates in the 2024 Lok sabha elections. Muslims account for 19% of the UP's population and their support is crucial for the BSP to make a comeback in the state politics, according to SK Srivastava, a political observer....