Owaisi & Rajbhar find new ally for UP polls? Meeting with Chandrasekhar Azad sparks buzz

In a new development ahe of Uttar Presh Assembly polls, AIMIM supremo Asuddin Owaisi and his ally Om Prakash Rajbhar met Az Samaj Party chief Chandrashekhar Az. This meeting took place at a hotel in Lucknow on Friday. Speculation is rife that ''Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha' wants Az to join its fold. vocating rights of Dalits, or backward classes and minorities, Az Samaj Party is being projected as a viable alternative to Mayawati-led BSP. At present, this alliance is being led by Rajbhar and comprises 10 parties including Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, AIMIM, Apna Dal faction of Krishna Patel, Rashtroday Party, Rashtriya Bhagidari Party and Janta Kranti Party.

A Minister in Yogi ityanath-led Cabinet until 2019, Rajbhar has been a fierce critic of state government and Centre after parting ways with saffron party. Recently, re has been friction between AIMIM and SBSP with latter keeping door open for an alliance with BJP. Disapproving this stance, UP AIMIM president Shaukat Ali stressed, "AIMIM is with Rajbhar to stop BJP. If Rajbhar decides that (Bhagidari Sankalp) Morcha will go with BJP, AIMIM's stance is that it will always remain on battlefield to stop BJP. We will stop BJP. We will never ally with BJP".

Om Prakash Rajbhar's focus on UP polls

In 2017 Uttar Presh Assembly election, BJP won a whopping 312 seats in 403-member House, whereas BSP could win only 19 seats. On or hand, SP-Congress alliance failed to bear fruit as it could win in only 54 constituencies. In run-up to upcoming polls, Om Prakash Rajbhar has been brandishing his credentials as a serious contender. Speaking to Republic TV earlier, he asserted that alliance would win more than 300 seats and pitched a formula whereby a new CM and 5 Deputy CMs will be appointed every year. 

SBSP supremo attracted controversy recently when he exhorted women to beat up BJP leers during Uttar Presh election campaign. dressing a huge crowd of women voters in Varanasi, he urged m to pressurize saffron party to pass a bill guaranteeing 50% reservation for women in jobs as well as Assembly and Parliament. He also warned BJP leers of a threat to ir life if y continue to seek votes without fulfilling women's quota demand.