Chandrashekhar and Owaisi join hands for UP polls, likely to dent into SP- BSP vote bank

By Manoj Bhadra Lucknow, Nov 12 (UNI) Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, a new political alliance targeting Dalits and Muslims took shape on Thursday, potentially threatening to poach the Samajwadi Party's and the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) support base. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) president Chandrashekhar Azad, MP, joined hands for the first time, announcing the alliance christened 'Samajik Parivartan Morcha', with Chandrashekhar as its Chief Ministerial candidate. Addressing the media, both Asaduddin Owaisi and Chandrashekhar Azad slammed the Samajwadi Party and BJP for their failures and false promises. Azad said the…