Another alliance has been formed before the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) on Thursday formally announced the formation of 'Samajik Parivartan Morcha' and said that both the parties will fight the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections proposed in 2027 together. This front has declared Chandrashekhar Azad, president of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) and Lok Sabha MP from Nagina, as its chief ministerial candidate. In 2022, Chandrashekhar Azad contested the assembly elections from Gorakhpur Sadar seat against Yogi Adityanath and stood fourth by getting only 5764 votes.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) president Chandrashekhar Azad, while jointly addressing a press conference in Lucknow, said that this front will contest elections on all 403 assembly seats in the state and its objective is to prevent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from coming to power again and also to bring political change in the state. Let us tell you that the alliance of these two parties had also contested elections together in Bihar in 2025 and AIMIM had won five seats.
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The aim is to stop BJP from coming to power
On this occasion, Asaduddin Owaisi said, 'I am very happy to inform that Chandrashekhar Azad will be the chief ministerial candidate from this front.' He said that this alliance will become a strong option to stop BJP from coming to power for the third time in Uttar Pradesh. He said that the priorities of the front include education, unemployment and issues related to farmers. Azad said that his front is not a third front, but the first front of social change which will become stronger with the joining of the weak, deprived, exploited and oppressed classes. He said that this front will contest elections with the aim of change of power in 2027.
Chandrashekhar Azad said that if Samajwadi Party and Congress want to join this alliance to stop BJP, then the Morcha is ready to support them. Chandrashekhar Azad, MP from Nagina Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh, said that various political parties have been making promises for a long time to bring the deprived society into the mainstream, remove poverty and end atrocities, but these promises have not been fulfilled. He said that governments kept changing and announcements were made but the Bahujan community is still deprived of basic facilities. He said, 'There is lack of roads, education and health facilities in Dalit settlements. Educated youth are facing unemployment, while those who raise their voice for their rights have to face lawsuits and government action. Asaduddin Owaisi also appealed to the people of the state to participate in large numbers in the public meeting proposed on 26th November.
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What did SP and Congress say?
Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress criticized this new alliance and alleged that it will benefit BJP. SP state spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan said that Owaisi used to say in every meeting that Abdul (Muslim) will no longer lay the carpet but will also become the Chief Minister, but now he has declared his alliance partner Chandrashekhar Azad as the Chief Ministerial candidate. Hasan said, 'After all, why did Owaisi not make any Abdul or a Muslim woman wearing hijab as the chief ministerial candidate in the alliance? Actually, there is a difference between Owaisi's words and actions. The SP spokesperson sarcastically said that in every election some parties come which are 'tourist type' and go away after doing their work.
Asim Waqar, who left AIMIM and joined Congress, appealed to be cautious about the alliance of Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad. He alleged, 'BJP is scared but it has many leaders who come into the field at its behest when needed and work for it behind the scenes.' Appealing to the people of Uttar Pradesh, especially the Muslim community, to remain alert, Asim Waqar said, 'Lest this time also you may fall into the trap of BJP and unknowingly bring it back to power. I can say with full confidence that the full reins of this alliance are in the hands of Amit Shah (Union Home Minister) behind the scenes. The alliance will work as Amit Shah pulls the reins.
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Let us tell you that this development has happened at a time when Owaisi had proposed to Samajwadi Party and Congress to include AIMIM in the opposition alliance but no positive response was received from both the parties. Owaisi had given time till October 2 to both the parties to take a decision in this regard. Now the coming together of AIMIM and Azad Samaj Party is being seen as the formation of a new political front in the state. The focus of this front is mainly on Dalit and Muslim voters.