NEW DELHI: With Asaduddin Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad joining hands ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, an attempt is underway to project a third political force in what is arguably the most crucial electoral battle in the country.
The Hyderabad MP on Thursday formally announced the tie-up with Nagina MP’s Azad Samaj’s Party (ASP) in Lucknow and also declared Azad as the CM face of the alliance.
With Owaisi by his side, Azad made health, education and jobs as the big pitch for the alliance agenda. He promised free education upto class 12, better hospitals and jobs for the youth as the alliance’s priority areas at the joint press meet with AIMIM chief..
While the Samajwadi Party-led Opposition is seeking to dislodge the BJP government, which has been in power for a decade, the AIMIM-Azad Samaj Party alliance is looking to chip away at a section of the Muslim and Dalit vote. This could potentially disrupt the Opposition’s electoral arithmetic, which also depends heavily on the support of these two voter blocs.
Muslims account for around 20% of Uttar Pradesh’s population, while Dalits constitute approximately 21%.
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