UP 2027 Battle: Owaisi Slams Akhilesh, SP Hits Back, PM Modi Hails Law & OrderAIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi has launched an attack on Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, suggesting the party be renamed Samajwadi Yadav Parivar. Addressing political representation, Owaisi questioned the nomination of Muslim leaders in seats like Badaun, Azamgarh, and Firozabad, while citing the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots to accuse the party of treating the community as a vote bank.
The Samajwadi Party retaliated by labelling Owaisi as working on behalf of the BJP. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused previous administrations of permitting lawlessness.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Chief Minister Adityanath's law and order governance during an interaction in Varanasi, noting enhanced security for women. In other political developments, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received relief in a defamation case, while in Punjab, shootings in Moga and Amritsar raised major public safety concerns regarding armed extortion networks and illicit cross-border weapons ahead of state assembly polls.