BJP to launch ‘Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’ to mark Guru Ravidas’ 650th birth anniversary

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch its nationwide ‘Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’ from Wednesday to commemorate the 650th birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas Maharaj, with a series of programmes aimed at promoting his message of equality, dignity, social harmony and social justice.

The campaign, to be observed until February 20 (Magha Purnima) under the guidance of the BJP’s national leadership, will be organised across the country, including Punjab.

Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon said the campaign will begin with the Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Deep Mahotsav, during which lamps will be lit at Guru Ravidas temples across the state. The event will feature bhajans, religious discourses, cultural programmes and community langars.

As part of the campaign, the Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Kalash Vandan Abhiyan will be held from July 29 to September 10. Under the initiative, a sacred Kalash carrying holy soil from Guru Ravidas’s birthplace at Seer Govardhanpur in Varanasi will be ceremonially received and taken across Punjab before being presented to Guru Ravidas temples.

The campaign will also include the Sant Sampark Abhiyan, which will continue until August 31, during which BJP leaders and workers will visit saints associated with the Guru Ravidas tradition to seek their blessings.

The Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Yatra, scheduled from October 5 to November 5, will travel from Dera Sach Khand Ballan in Jalandhar to Seer Govardhanpur in Varanasi, carrying Guru Ravidas’s message of equality, social harmony and national unity.

This will be followed by the Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Chhatrawas Sampark Abhiyan, to be held from November 26 to January 15, 2027. The programme will include Samrasta Samvaad sessions in hostels to familiarise students with Guru Ravidas’s teachings and the vision of a Viksit Bharat.

To oversee the implementation of the campaign, the Punjab BJP has constituted a state-level committee headed by party General Secretary Jagmohan Singh Raju. The committee includes former legislators Avinash Chander, Sheetal Angural and Ravi Inder Kahlon, former IAS officer S.R. Ladhar, and Renu Kashyap and Bhanu Partap as members.