00:01AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Ovesi and Azad Samaj Party's Chandrasekhar Azad, a.k.a. Ravan, have joined hands right ahead of
00:09the 2027 polls, naming their alliance the Samajic Parivartan Murcha.
00:14But they insist this is not a third front and even have invited the Samajwadi Party and the Congress to
00:20join them.
00:20So what is the alliance's political game plan? Can it consolidate the Dalit Muslim vote? And who stands to lose
00:27from this very equation?
00:29Here's the full report.
00:40The battle for the Pradesh is heating up with a fresh political twist.
00:48AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Ovesi and Bheem Army Founder Azad Samaj Party Chief Chandrasekhar Azad join hands on Thursday,
00:57announcing an alliance ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.
01:04A new Dalit Muslim political combination with its eyes on reshaping Uttar Pradesh's electoral arithmetic.
01:13At their joint press conference, Azad named the alliance Samajic Parivartan Murcha.
01:19But they clarified that this was not a conventional third party.
01:23In fact, he extended an open invitation to the Samajwadi Party and Congress,
01:28saying all parties willing to join hands to defeat the BJP were welcome.
01:32AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Ovesi and Bheem Army Founder
01:33AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Ovesi and Bheem Army Founder
01:35And this is not a third party.
01:38If you go to the ground, you will be able to join the ground.
01:40It is a first party.
01:42And it is such a common party that this party will be able to join you.
01:50So we can also build our own strength.
01:51foreign
01:57foreign
01:58foreign
01:58foreign
01:59foreign
02:00and we will be able to use it and we will not be able to use it and we will
02:06not be able to use it.
02:08We will be able to achieve our party that we will be able to work on this economic development.
02:17And I am very happy to say that the S.P.M. will remain free from our brothers and sisters.
02:38But the two parties had a limited electoral record in the 2022 UP polls.
02:47In the 2022 assembly elections, AIMIM contested 95 seats.
02:53One, none.
02:53Its vote share stood at 0.49%.
02:57The Azad Samaj party contested 110 seats but failed to win a single constituency.
03:05The Lions' Dalit Muslim pitch could have implications for existing political players.
03:15AIMIM could challenge the SP's Muslim vote base.
03:20Azad's outreach could put pressure on the BSP's Dalit support.
03:24Congress could face further fragmentation of its support among marginalized communities.
03:30And any division in the opposition vote could influence contests in BJP's favor.
03:36The 2AC Chandrasekhar Azad Alliance is already facing dismissal and criticism from its rivals.
04:10The
04:39.
05:07A new alliance and ambitious
05:10Dalit Muslim consolidation pitch
05:12and a direct challenge to
05:13Uttar Pradesh's established political
05:16equations.
05:19Will the new alliance emerge as a force
05:21to reckon with or end up splitting
05:23the opposition vote? To the BJP's
05:26advantage? Bureau Report,
05:28India Today.
