A new political alliance, the Samajik Parivartan Morcha (Social Change Front), has been formed in India’s Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 state assembly election. Asaduddin Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), named Chandrashekhar Azad, president of the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram), as the alliance’s candidate for chief minister.
Owaisi made the announcement at a news conference in Lucknow on Thursday with Chandrashekhar Azad beside him. He said the AIMIM and Azad’s party had together formed the new front.
Owaisi said the alliance would work to stop the BJP from winning power in Uttar Pradesh for a third term in a row. It would put first the rights and problems of the state’s backward communities, Dalits, the oppressed and the marginalised, he said, accusing political parties of having used these groups only as vote banks.
He added that the alliance would focus on the decline of the state’s education system, youth unemployment and farmers’ problems.
In Owaisi’s words, the Samajik Parivartan Morcha will act as an alternative political force to stop the BJP’s return to power in Uttar Pradesh. The alliance’s success would be the success of the state’s people, he said.
Owaisi called on people to attend a public rally on 26 November and make it a success. That rally, he said, would launch a movement for social change in the state.
Describing the BJP and other parties as representing a backward-looking politics, Owaisi said his alliance wanted to do politics with the future in mind. He urged the people of Uttar Pradesh to join Chandrashekhar Azad in building a better future.
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