Battle for UP: AIMIM launches Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha, promises 2 CMs

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by Asaduddin Owaisi, has formed a new front, Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha, comprised of parties with Muslim, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and Dalit support for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

If the Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha wins the elections, it will have two Chief Ministers – a Dalit and an OBC leader – as well as three deputy Chief Ministers, one of whom will be Muslim, according to Owaisi.

The Morcha will run for all 403 Assembly seats.The Jan Adhikari Party, led by Babu Singh Kushwaha, the Bharat Mukti Morcha, led by Vaman Meshram, the Janata Kranti Party, led by Anil Singh Chauhan, and the Bhartiya Vanchit Samaj Party, led by Ram Prasad Kashyap comprise the front.

The Morcha candidates have already filed nomination papers for the 58 Assembly seats for which voting will take place in the first phase on February 10 in western Uttar Pradesh.Babu Singh Kushwaha, a former Minister in the Bahujan Samaj Party government (2007-12), wields power over the OBCs in the Bundelkhand region and central Uttar Pradesh, particularly the Maurya, Kushwaha, Shakya, and Saini communities.

Vaman Meshram is the president of the All India Backward (SC, ST, OBC) and Minorities Community Employees Federation (BAMCEF).

The new front’s president is Vaman Meshram, and its convenor is Babu Singh Kushwaha. The Bhim Army, Peace Party, and Rashtriya Ulema Council are in talks about joining the coalition.

Updated by Deveshi Gupta