Kurukshetra, Nov. 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch an 18-day, 2,558-km Samrasta Sankalp Yatra from Jalandhar in Punjab to Kashi in Uttar Pradesh on November 18 to commemorate the 650th birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, with the procession scheduled to pass through eight Haryana districts later this month.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will address a major religious congregation in Kurukshetra on November 25 as part of the campaign, which the BJP says is aimed at spreading Guru Ravidas's message of social equality, brotherhood and freedom from discrimination.
Announcing the programme after a state-level preparatory workshop in Kurukshetra on Friday, Haryana BJP president Dr Archana Gupta said the yatra would b...