AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi offered an alliance to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav ahead of 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. "I am ready to join hands. Today is the time to talk, don't cry later after elections," he stated. Reacting to Owaisi's offer to Akhilesh, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said this is the collaboration of vote bank politics.