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- Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), has publicly invited like-minded parties to form an alliance in Uttar Pradesh aimed at unseating the BJP in the state's 2027 assembly elections.
- The invitation, reported by both The Times of India and The Hindu, positions AIMIM as willing to join or lead an opposition front if it helps consolidate the anti-BJP vote.
- Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous and politically weighty state, so any opposition tie-up there is read as a bellwether for the broader national opposition landscape.
- What is contested is practical, not factual: the reports do not identify which parties have been approached or responded, and past UP alliance attempts have often fractured over seat-sharing and leadership questions.
- Owaisi's own history — his party has been criticized by some opposition actors as splitting the minority vote to the BJP's benefit — makes the response of parties like the Samajwadi Party and Congress the key unknown.
- Watch for formal approaches, seat-sharing talks, or rejections in the coming weeks and months.
What to watch next
- Responses from SP, Congress and other UP opposition parties to Owaisi's invite
- Any announced seat-sharing framework or joint platform for 2027
- Whether Owaisi's past vote-splitting criticism shapes alliance rejections
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Asaduddin Owaisi
AIMIM supremo
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“We also do not want the BJP government to be formed in UP for the third time. If you want to stop the BJP from forming the government again, come and join hands with AIMIM,”
In the article
…a public meeting in Kanpur's Cantonment constituency on Sunday (September 20, 2026), he urged voters to strengthen AIMIM's presence in the state, saying the (Muslim) community needs a "voice" in the UP Assembly. " We also do not want the BJP government to be formed in UP for the third time. If you want to stop the BJP from forming the government again, come and join hands with AIMIM, " he said. The Hyderabad MP said his party would wait until October 2 and announce its alliance, if any, after that. He also referred to AIMIM's similar proposal during the Bihar polls, saying his party had offered to…
“If anyone does not want the BJP to form the government, they can talk to us. We are ready to work with you to stop the BJP from coming to power. But it is important to understand that you cannot stop the BJP alone”
In the article
…“like-minded” parties for talks and said AIMIM was prepared to work with them if the common objective was to keep the BJP out of power.“We do not want the BJP government to be formed for a third time in Uttar Pradesh. If anyone does not want the BJP to form the government, they can talk to us. We are ready to work with you to stop the BJP from coming to power. But it is important to understand that you cannot stop the BJP alone ,” he said.His outreach comes as political parties begin preparing for the 2027 contest in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP has been in power since 2017 under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath.Owaisi, however, cautioned…
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- BJP's 2027 Uttar Pradesh re-election prospects opposition alliance risk· longer
- AIMIM's bargaining position in Uttar Pradesh coalition leverage· weeks
- Other like-minded opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh alliance pressure to respond· days
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