Uttar Pradesh Politics: AIMIM-Azad Samaj Party Alliance Sparks Controversy Ahead of 2027 Assembly Elections

Political equations in Uttar Pradesh have begun to unravel ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. The announcement of an alliance between Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM and Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party has stirred the political pot. Meanwhile, a Samajwadi Party leader in Muzaffarnagar has put up posters outside his locality banning the entry of leaders and workers of Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad's parties. These posters, put up outside Muzaffarnagar's Dakshin Krishnapuri locality, say that AIMIM and Azad Samaj Party leaders and workers cannot enter the locality. The posters have sparked a debate in local politics. Shaurya Bhardwaj, district vice-president of the Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade, is reported to have questioned the alliance with Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad, calling it a "thug-bandhan" instead of a political partnership.