LUCKNOW, March 13 -- Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rae Bareli MP, will launch a Dalit outreach initiative for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh on Friday on 'Samajik Parivartan Diwas' to rebuild the party's social base ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

The move comes two days before the birth anniversary of Kanshi Ram, the Dalit ideologue and Bahujan Samaj Party founder whose political legacy continues to shape Dalit politics in the state.

This will be Rahul's first public event in Lucknow after a gap of nearly two years. He addressed the 'Samvidhan Bachao Sammelan' in May 2024, during the Lok Sabha election on the same Indira Gandhi Pratishthan campus.

Friday's programme will bring together ...