Claim: Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan's Azad Samaj Party did not participate in the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections.
Evidence: Azad started his career as leader of Bhim Army which is an organisation based in Uttar Pradesh but he later formed Azad Samaj Party to participate in electoral politics. The party allied with Pappu Yadav led Jan Adhikar Party in 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections to form a separate front apart from National Democratic Alliance and United Progressive Alliance. In the elections it contested against these two grand alliances besides another front called Grand Democratic Secular Front, which was spearheaded by Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and contained other regional parties like All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and Suhaldev Samaj Party among others.