Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Sunday launched his political party – the Azad Samaj Party – reported PTI. The launch coincided with...

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Sunday launched his political party – the Azad Samaj Party – reported PTI. The launch coincided with the 86th birth anniversary of Bahujan Samaj Party founder and Dalit leader Kanshi Ram.
After the announcement of his party, Azad tweeted, “Sahab Kanshi Ram tera mission adhoora, Azad Samaj Party karegi poora [The incomplete mission of Kanshi Ram will be completed by Azad Samaj Party].” The party flag is a white band between two blue strips, with Azad Samaj Party written in the middle.
The Bhim Army will run parallel to the party and continue to fight for Dalit rights and enrol new members, said Azad.
साहब कांशीराम तेरा मिशन अधूरा
— Chandra Shekhar Aazad (@BhimArmyChief) March 15, 2020
आज़ाद समाज पार्टी करेगी पूरा।
Earlier this month, Azad said he will launch his own political outfit on March 15 when he met Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party President Om Prakash Rajbhar to discuss the possibility of a new anti-Bharatiya Janata Party front in Uttar Pradesh before the 2022 Assembly elections.
The Bhim Army chief had said that BSP President Mayawati cannot win elections on her own. “She has been working for a long time,” he had said. “And this is why we are here to help us in the movement. In politics,...