Chandra Shekhar Aazad, Asaduddin Owais announce alliance for 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

Millat Times Desk

12 November 2026 (Publish: 09:36 AM IST)

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Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad has been named the alliance’s chief ministerial candidate.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Aazad on Thursday announced a political alliance ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

The alliance, named the Samajik Parivartan Morcha, will project Aazad as its candidate for chief minister.

Speaking at a joint press conference in Lucknow, Aazad, the MP from Nagina, said the coalition aimed to bring together marginalised and disadvantaged communities rather than function merely as another political front.

He said the alliance would grow stronger as more people from oppressed and underprivileged sections joined it.

Owaisi described the coalition as a viable political alternative and said it would work to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party from securing another term in Uttar Pradesh.

Aazad said previous opposition efforts to dislodge the BJP had failed despite repeated electoral contests.

He said the alliance remained open to working with the Samajwadi Party, Congress and other political parties if that helped defeat the BJP.

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP-led alliance secured 273 of the 403 seats, while the Samajwadi Party won 111. Its allies, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, secured eight and six seats, respectively.

Both parties forming the new alliance had failed to win any seats in that election. The AIMIM contested 95 constituencies and received 0.49% of the vote, while the Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) contested 110 seats and secured 0.13%.

Aazad had contested against Chief Minister Adityanath from the Gorakhpur Urban constituency in 2022, finishing fourth with more than 7,600 votes.

He entered Parliament in 2024 after winning the Nagina Lok Sabha constituency.