BJP to Launch Nationwide 'Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan' to Mark Guru Ravidas' 650th Birth Anniversary Year
The party will hold 650 jayanti programmes and a Samrasta Yatra to court Sant Ravidas followers, while leaders deny any link to early 2027 elections.
- On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, the Bharatiya Janata Party will launch the seven-month 'Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan' to mark the 650th birth anniversary of mystic poet-saint Guru Ravidas, concluding February 20, 2027.
- With Dalits comprising 21% of Uttar Pradesh's population and 32% of Punjab's, the campaign targets the community ahead of 2027 state elections, though party leaders deny electoral connections.
- Starting July 28, 2026, BJP leaders will collect soil from Guru Ravidas's Varanasi birthplace to fill 131 sacred urns for 'Kalash Vandan' programs at 21,000 locations across the nation.
- BJP National President Nitin Nabin and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will lead the launch at Seer Govardhanpur before a 25,000-person gathering, with diyas lit at 51,000 temples that evening.
- The campaign features a month-long 'Samrasta Yatra' from Jalandhar to Varanasi, promoting Ravidas's vision of an egalitarian society and 'Beghampura'—a casteless place free from suffering.
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CM Yogi Adityanath Announces Bhadohi Will Be Renamed Sant Ravidas Nagar Again
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced on Wednesday that Bhadohi district will be again renamed as Sant Ravidas Nagar, it will be like coming back to the original name. In 2014, Samajwadi Party government changed its name from Sant Ravidas Nagar
At the launch of the "Samrasata Sankalp Abhiyan" in Varanasi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that Bhadohi would be renamed Sant Ravidas Nagar. He said this decision was taken to mark the 650th birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas. He also accused the Samajwadi Party of removing the names of Dalit figures and dividing society.
Guru Ravidas Birth Anniversary: BJP launches Samrasta Abhiyan
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Tarun Chugh on July 27, announced that the party will observe the 650th birth anniversary year of Guru Ravidas through a nationwide campaign titled ‘Sant Shiromani Shri Guru Ravidas Ji Maharaj Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’, beginning on July 29 and continuing till February 20, 2027. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, Chugh said the seven-month campaign would commence on the occasion of Guru Purnima on July 29,…
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