LUCKNOW, March 13 -- For the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary celebrations this year assume more importance as assembly polls are due in Uttar Pradesh in March-April next year.

The party has planned mega events across the state on the BSP founder's birth anniversary on March 15 at its district offices and the Yogi government has issued directives for sprucing up all Kashni Ram Awas across the state.

The state government has already directed all district magistrates to evict encroachers from Kanshi Ram Awas and allot them to Dalits. BJP workers and the party's Schedule Caste wing will reach out to Dalits in slums and Dalit hamlets in villages across the state. The Ambed...