AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party leader Chandrashekhar Azad are set to announce an alliance for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls at a joint press conference in Lucknow. The tie-up is being viewed as a potential non-BJP, non-Congress third front aimed at attracting Dalit and minority voters after AIMIM failed to secure a place in the INDIA bloc's seat-sharing arrangement.
