LUCKNOW, July 11 -- The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has stepped up its campaign ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, with party president Asaduddin Owaisi scheduled to address public meetings in key Muslim-dominated areas of western UP.

Owaisi will address "Jan Chetna" programmes in Saharanpur on July 18 and in Moradabad on July 25, party officials announced.

The public meetings follow rallies in Bahraich's Matera constituency in mid-June, where the party formally launched its campaign in the state and declared state president Shaukat Ali as its candidate, and in Bijnor's Najibabad later that month.

At the rallies, Owaisi criticised both the ruling BJP and the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing ...