Owaisi-Azad Alliance Forms Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2027

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2027, a new alliance has entered state politics. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party president Chandrashekhar Azad have formed their own alliance. They have named it Samajik Parivartan Morcha (SPM). According to a senior journalist, this alliance will benefit the BJP and directly harm the India Alliance. According to senior journalist Naved Shikoh, the alliance of Owaisi and Chandrashekhar can have an impact on UP's electoral politics. So far, the bulk of the anti-BJP vote has been with the India Alliance, especially the Samajwadi Party and the Congress. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the support of a large section of Muslims and backward classes formed the basis for the victory of the India Alliance. The alliance won 43 out of 80 seats in UP. He said, "With the new alliance, the Dalit and Muslim votes will try to form a new political equation. After 2024, Chandrashekhar Azad's influence has increased among the Dalit youth. Owaisi's own vote base in Muslim-dominated areas, according to Naved Shikoh, can affect the SP's electoral equation."