Owaisi, Chandrashekhar Azad Launch Samajik Parivartan Morcha for 2027 UP Polls, Name Azad as CM Face

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) president Chandrashekhar Azad on Thursday announced a new political alliance for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, naming Azad as the front’s chief ministerial candidate.

The two leaders announced the formation of the ‘Samajik Parivartan Morcha’ (Social Change Front) at a joint press conference in Lucknow, presenting it as a new alternative to the BJP, the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in India’s most populous state.

“We have decided to form Samajik Parivartan Morcha. I can say with confidence this will be a strong Morcha to stop the BJP from coming to power in UP for the third time,” Owaisi said.

Owaisi said he was delighted to announce that Azad, the MP from Nagina, would be the front’s chief ministerial candidate. “I am delighted to announce that our brother, Chandrashekhar Azad, will be the Chief Ministerial candidate for this front in Uttar Pradesh,” he said.

The alliance brings together the AIMIM, which draws support from Muslim voters, and the Azad Samaj Party, which has built its base among Dalits. The Hindu described it as the first declared non-BJP, non-Congress political front in Uttar Pradesh.

Azad said the coalition was open to other parties joining it. “If SP, Congress or any other party wants to join us to stop BJP from coming to power, we are open to it,” he said.

Owaisi said the two parties would contest all 403 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly together, and that there were no issues over seat-sharing.

The leaders said the front would focus on social change and the problems of marginalised communities, unemployment and farmers. Azad promised free education up to Class 12, better healthcare and more jobs for young people.

The alliance also announced a grand public meeting on November 26, which the leaders described as the start of a movement for social change in the state.

The announcement comes as opposition parties prepare to challenge the BJP government, which has been in power in Uttar Pradesh for a decade. The 2027 election will decide all 403 seats in the state Assembly.