The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) on Thursday, November 12, formally announced their alliance under the banner of the 'Social Change Front'. The new coalition has named Chandrashekhar Azad its chief ministerial candidate and plans to contest all 403 Assembly seats, while leaving the door open for the Samajwadi Party and Congress to join.