Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon said on Tuesday that from July 29, the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima, the party will launch the statewide implementation of the ‘Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’ to commemorate the 650th birth anniversary year of Guru Ravidas Maharaj.
The nationwide campaign, to be observed till February 20 (Magha Purnima) under the guidance of the BJP national leadership, aims to spread Guru Ravidas’s timeless message of equality, dignity, social harmony and social justice across Punjab.
Dhillon said that the campaign will commence with the Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Deep Mahotsav, during which lamps will be lit at Guru Ravidas temples across the state, accompanied by bhajans, religious discourses, cultural programmes and community langars.
This will be followed by the Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Kalash Vandan Abhiyan from July 29 to September 10, under which a sacred Kalash carrying holy soil from Guru Ravidas’s birthplace in Seer Govardhanpur in Varanasi will be ceremonially received and taken across Punjab before being handed over to Guru Ravidas temples.
The Punjab BJP President said the campaign will also include the Sant Sampark Abhiyan till August 31, during which BJP leaders and workers will seek the blessings of saints associated with the tradition of Guru Ravidas.
The Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Yatra, from October 5 to November 5, will carry Guru Ravidas’s message of equality, social harmony and national unity from Dera Sach Khand Ballan in Jalandhar to Seer Govardhanpur in Varanasi. This will be followed by the Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Chhatrawas Sampark Abhiyan from November 26 to January 15, 2027, featuring Samrasta Samvaad programmes in hostels to acquaint students with Guru Ravidas’s teachings and the vision of a Viksit Bharat.
To ensure the effective implementation of the Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan, the State BJP Chief has already constituted a state-level committee led by Jagmohan Singh Raju, General Secretary of the BJP Punjab.
The committee comprises former legislators Avinash Chander, Sheetal Angural and Ravi Inder Kahlon, former IAS officer S.R. Ladhar, Renu Kashyap and Bhanu Partap as members.
–IANS
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