LUCKNOW, April 10 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) is set to mark the 135th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar with statewide programmes, using the occasion to step up its outreach to Dalit communities ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.

Party workers, along with members of the frontal organisation, Samajwadi Party Ambedkar Vahini, have been tasked with making the occasion memorable and sending across the message to people how the BJP is "hell-bent on changing the Constitution" and how the Constitution would remains "under continuous threat" if the BJP continues to be in power.

The Samajwadi Party Ambedkar Vahini, led by Mithai Lal Bharti, has been assigned to connect with communities under its PDA (Pichhde, Dalit, Alpsankh...