LUCKNOW, July 24 -- In a Dalit outreach initiative ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced that it will organise the Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan across the state from July 29, 2026, to February 20, 2027 to mark the 650th birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas.

The announcement was made at a state-level workshop on the campaign held at the Vishweshwaraya Auditorium in Lucknow.

Addressing party leaders, BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha national president Lal Singh Arya said the campaign would take the message of equality, social harmony, devotion, service, social justice and humanity propagated by Sant Ravidas to people across the state.

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