Lucknow. Before the UP Assembly Elections, the third front is going to enter the state politics once again. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) chief and Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad have together formed a new alliance for the assembly elections. The formal announcement of this alliance will be made on Thursday 12th November in the capital Lucknow. Both the leaders will announce the alliance by holding a joint press conference. During this time the name of the alliance will also be announced. This new front is preparing to contest elections on about 150 seats.
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With the coming together of Asaduddin Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad, the discussion of a third front has started in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Both the leaders will formally announce the outline and name of the alliance tomorrow. After this, the picture regarding the front's strategy and seats in the elections is expected to become clear.
Focus on 40 percent Dalit-Muslim votes, entry of third front before elections can change political equations.
The main contest in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections is believed to be between the BJP-led NDA and the Samajwadi Party-led India Alliance. However, the political equations may change with the entry of the third front before the elections. Talks are also going on to include some other small parties and leaders in the Third Front. If this happens, then this front can try to unite about 40 percent Dalit-Muslim vote bank of the state.
Asaduddin Owaisi is eyeing at least 40 to 45 Muslim dominated seats in Uttar Pradesh and has also intensified the election campaign. Earlier, he had tried to join the India alliance to contest elections against BJP, but Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav refused to take him along.
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Attempt to repeat Bihar's result in UP
Asaduddin Owaisi is hoping to repeat the success achieved in the Bihar elections in Uttar Pradesh. After no agreement on seats with the Grand Alliance in Bihar, his party contested the elections alone and won five seats in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal area. However, his party's previous performance in Uttar Pradesh was not good. In the 2022 assembly elections, candidates could not even get 5 thousand votes on their four seats in Meerut district. Were.
Chandrashekhar Azad is also trying to strengthen his place in the Dalit politics of the state. Samajwadi Party is also trying to take advantage of the space created in Dalit politics due to the weakening political hold of Bahujan Samaj Party. In such a situation, Chandrashekhar's alliance with Owaisi's party can affect the social equations of the opposition. However, Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh are not limited to a few contiguous seats like Seemanchal in Bihar, but are spread across Rohilkhand, western UP, parts of Awadh and eastern districts. In such a situation, Muslim voters may give priority to the possibility of electoral victory rather than representation on the basis of identity and may go in favor of the Samajwadi Party.