India, Nov. 12 -- Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) have joined forces ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, announcing an alliance that plans to contest all 403 seats in the state.

The two parties have named their new political front Samajik Parivartan Morcha, with Azad projected as its chief ministerial candidate.

The alliance was announced at a joint press conference in Lucknow on Thursday, where the leaders presented the formation as a platform for the rights of Dalits, minorities, young people, farmers and other marginalised communities.

Owaisi said the alliance was intended to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from returnin...