Alliance Announcement: AIMIM and Azad Samaj Party to Unveil New Political Front at 12:30 PM

A new political front is set to enter the Uttar Pradesh electoral contest, with Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM and Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) preparing to announce an alliance. The formal announcement, including the alliance's name, is scheduled for a press conference at 12:30 PM. The two parties are reportedly preparing to contest around 150 Assembly seats together. Leaders backing the alliance say their aim is to strengthen the representation of youth, farmers and disadvantaged communities and bring marginalised sections into the mainstream. They also claim to have previously explored alliances with the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and INDIA bloc, but those efforts did not succeed. The proposed front hopes to consolidate Dalit and Muslim voters and challenge the existing political equations in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party, however, has dismissed the alliance's potential impact, arguing that the PDA wave will continue to shape the state's politics. The BJP has also played down the development, asserting that no new alliance can prevent it from returning to power. The announcement is expected to add another dimension to the political battle ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.