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

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad have announced an alliance for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to be held in 2027. Even though it is claimed that this alliance has been formed to fortify the current BJP government, the damage it can cause is most likely to the Samajwadi Party in the state. The alliance of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) and AIMIM claimed that it will prevent the BJP from coming to power for the third time in the state. But political experts do not believe so. The two party chiefs have jointly announced this at a press conference in Lucknow. This alliance has been named Samajik Parivartan Morcha. Its focus is on the votebank of Muslims and Jatav Dalits. Both these communities have been supporting Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Their share is 30 percent in the state. This front can make a dent in the traditional vote bank of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress. If you look at the 2022 assembly elections, AIMIM did not win even 95.13 percent of the votes. Owaisi's party did not win even one seat.