Akhilesh Yadav welcomed Asaduddin Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad’s Samajik Parivartan Morcha, saying it could cost the BJP 2–3% in UP polls. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has welcomed the formation of the ‘Samajik Parivartan Morcha’ by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party-Kanshiram president Chandrashekhar Azad. He stated that the new front would offer voters another option and could cost the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2-3 per cent of its vote.