Kejriwal to visit BSP founder Kanshi Ram's native village in Punjab

March 15, 2016 08:40

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will today visit the native village of BSP founder Kanshi Ram in Punjab on his birth anniversary.

This will be the AAP chief's second visit to the assembly poll-bound state, which has a sizable Dalit population, in a fortnight.

Party sources said Ram's family invited the AAP chief to their village. The BSP founder was born in Pirthipur Bunga village of Punjab.

"He has been invited by the family of Kanshi Ram and villagers of Bunga. So, he will be visiting them on March 15, Ram's birth anniversary," said an AAP leader.

Assembly poll in Punjab is slated for early next year.

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