The Owaisi-Azad alliance Samajik Parivartan Morcha will attempt to bring Dalits, Muslims and backward communities together could eat into the Samajwadi Party’s PDA support base, challenge Mayawati’s hold over Dalit politics and complicate the BJP’s electoral calculations. With Chirag Paswan also eyeing an expansion in UP, the 2027 assembly contest could see multiple players competing for overlapping caste constituencies.