Owaisi said the alliance would focus on issues concerning backward and Dalit communities, the oppressed and marginalised sections. Photo: PTI
Chandrashekhar Azad to be Samajik Parivartan Morcha's CM face for 2027 UP polls: Owaisi
The newly formed front plans to raise concerns over unemployment, education and farmers' issues. Owaisi also announced a public meeting on November 26
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday (November 12) named Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) president Chandrashekhar Aazad as the chief ministerial candidate of the newly formed Samajik Parivartan Morcha (SPM) for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Aimed at stopping BJP’s UP hat-trick
Making the announcement at a press conference in Lucknow, Owaisi said the alliance between the two parties would seek to prevent the BJP from securing a third consecutive term in the state.
"I can say with confidence that this will be a strong alternative in Uttar Pradesh to stop the BJP from coming to power for the third time," he said.
Owaisi said the Morcha would take up concerns of backward and Dalit communities, along with those of oppressed and marginalised sections, regardless of caste. He accused political parties of treating these groups as vote banks instead of addressing their concerns.
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The alliance would raise questions about the declining standard of education, unemployment among young people and the difficulties faced by farmers, he said.
"I am happy to announce that our brother Chandrashekhar Aazad will be the chief president of the SPM and its chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh," Owaisi said.
Alliance promises focus on marginalised groups
He said the two parties would work together for the alliance's victory, which, according to him, would amount to a victory for the people of Uttar Pradesh.
Owaisi also urged people to attend a public meeting on November 26. He said the gathering would mark the start of a movement for social change in the state.
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Taking aim at the BJP and other political parties, Owaisi said they belonged to the politics of the past. The Samajik Parivartan Morcha, he said, wanted to take a different course.
"We will do politics for the future. We hope the people of Uttar Pradesh will join hands with Chandrashekhar Aazad to build a better future," he said.
(With agency inputs)