Samajik Parivartan Morcha: Owaisi, Azad Ally for All 403 UP Seats

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) chief Chandrashekhar Azad announced a joint front called the Samajik Parivartan Morcha at a press conference in Lucknow on Thursday, 12 November 2026. The two parties will fight all 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh together in the 2027 election, and Owaisi named Azad, the Nagina MP, as the front’s chief ministerial candidate, according to ANI’s report of the press conference.

Azad Named Chief Ministerial Face

“I am delighted to announce that our brother, Chandrashekhar Azad, will be the Chief Ministerial candidate,” Owaisi said. Azad said the two sides had no differences over seat-sharing and would “contest all 403 seats together”. He rejected the label that had followed the talks for days. “This is not a ‘Third Front’, but a front for social change,” he said.

Both parties draw support from Dalit and Muslim voters, who The Federal says make up nearly 41 per cent of the state’s electorate. That is the vote the Samajwadi Party and the Congress are also courting under the INDIA bloc.

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After an October Deadline Lapsed

The announcement follows weeks of speculation. According to The Federal, Owaisi had given the SP and the Congress until 2 October to decide whether AIMIM would be part of the INDIA bloc’s seat-sharing arrangement in Uttar Pradesh. They did not agree. AIMIM spokesperson Shadab Chauhan had told PTI that the nature of the pact would be revealed at the press conference.

The BJP is seeking a third straight term in Lucknow. A fresh claimant for the same voters could matter in seats where margins are thin, though neither party has said which constituencies it considers its strongest. AIMIM has tried a similar tie-up before: IPB reported on its Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha, which promised two chief ministers.

A Public Meeting on the 26th

Owaisi said a “grand public meeting” is scheduled for the 26th; the report does not give the month. The new front has not yet said how it will divide candidates, or whether smaller parties will join. The INDIA bloc’s own plans for the state are covered in IPB’s report on the Ramlila Maidan rally.

Source: Based on reporting by Asianet News (ANI), The Federal and The Tribune (PTI). No official document exists; the announcement was made at a party press conference.

Image: Special arrangement / ThePrint (file photo of Chandrashekhar Azad in Nagina).