Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav welcomed the 'Samajik Parivartan Morcha' formed by AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party's Chandrashekhar Azad, saying it would cost BJP an additional 2-3% vote share in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Yadav said the front would give voters an alternative but cautioned against fronts driven by third-party agendas.