Lucknow, November 12, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday welcomed the ‘Samajik Parivartan Morcha’ alliance between the Azad Samaj Party-Kanshi Ram and AIMIM for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, but said that “true success” would require a ‘Rajnaitik Parivartan Morcha’.
The alliance was announced earlier in the day by Azad Samaj Party chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, with Aazad declared as its Chief Ministerial candidate.
In a post on X, Akhilesh said, “We welcome the ‘Samajik Parivartan Morcha’!” He acknowledged the need for social transformation but added: “True success is possible when a ‘Rajnaitik Parivartan Morcha’ becomes active.”
The SP chief said his party would support those who genuinely fight communal forces and raise the concerns of the PDA (Backward, Dalit and Minority) community. He argued that the new alliance could give voters another option and potentially reduce the BJP’s vote share by 2-3 per cent.
Akhilesh also said such political fronts could strengthen democracy if they genuinely worked for their communities rather than serving the hidden agenda of a third party. He cautioned that voters could reject those who acted as political puppets.
Claiming that the PDA remained the strongest political alternative in Uttar Pradesh, he said people seeking genuine change would gravitate towards the political force with the strongest core vote base.
Meanwhile, Chandra Shekhar Aazad told IANS that the doors remained open for the SP and Congress to join the ‘Samajik Parivartan Morcha’ if they wished to become part of the alliance.
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