LUCKNOW, June 11 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi is set to address his first public rally in Bahraich district on June 14, marking the start of the party's campaign for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and potentially reshaping opposition dynamics in eastern UP.

According to AIMIM's Uttar Pradesh president Shaukat Ali, Owaisi will address a gathering near Shankarpur Chauraha in the politically sensitive Matera assembly constituency. During his day-long visit, he will also offer prayers at the Dargah of Syed Salar Masood Ghazi.

Matera, a backward and flood-prone constituency with a sizeable Muslim, Yadav, OBC and Scheduled Caste population, has remained a Samajwadi Party bastion since...