New Delhi, July 27 -- BJP MP Tarun Chugh on Monday announced that the party will observe the 650th birth anniversary year of Guru Ravidas through a nationwide campaign titled 'Sant Shiromani Shri Guru Ravidas Ji Maharaj Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan', beginning on July 29 and continuing till February 20, 2027.

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, Chugh said the seven-month campaign would commence on the occasion of Guru Purnima on July 29, 2026, and conclude on Guru Ravidas' birth anniversary on February 20, 2027.

He said the process would begin on July 28 at Guru Ravidas' birthplace in Varanasi, where 131 urns containing soil from the site would be worshipped.

"On 29 July, BJP National President Nitin Nabin, Uttar Prade...