New Delhi/Lucknow, November 12, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Political leaders from the BJP, Samajwadi Party (SP), Congress and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Thursday played down the electoral prospects of the AIMIM-Azad Samaj Party (ASP) alliance ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
BJP leaders said the alliance would not affect their electoral prospects, while SP leaders maintained that voters had already decided to remove the BJP government. Congress, meanwhile, described the main political contest as one between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi.
Uttar Pradesh Minister Girish Chandra Yadav told IANS that the alliance could contest even 200 seats without affecting the BJP. He expressed confidence that the party would return to power in 2027 under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Shiv Sena leader Shaina N.C. questioned the electoral records of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and ASP-Kanshi Ram chief Chandrashekhar Aazad, pointing out that neither had won a seat in the 2022 Assembly elections. BJP MLA Ram Kadam said forming an alliance was a democratic right but questioned the parties’ plans for development, education and law and order in Uttar Pradesh. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also dismissed the alliance’s political significance.
SP MP Awadhesh Prasad asserted that voters had resolved to defeat the BJP and bring the SP-led alliance, led by Akhilesh Yadav, to power. Party spokesperson Udayveer Singh said all parties were free to form alliances according to their political understanding, adding that the SP’s objective was to remove the BJP government.
RLD leader K.C. Tyagi said the alliance would not affect the NDA’s electoral prospects, though its presence could make the election campaign more energetic. SP MP Jitendra Kumar Dohare, however, alleged that the AIMIM and ASP were working as the BJP’s “B-team” to weaken the Samajwadi Party.
Congress MP Imran Masood said the principal political contest in the state was between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi, adding that there was no middle ground.
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