Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Dera Sachkhand Ballan in Punjab’s Jalandhar today to celebrate Guru Ravidas Jayanti News Agency PTI they said, referring to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.
Dera Sachkhand head Sant Niranjan Dass was chosen for Padma Shrithe fourth highest civilian award, on January 25 of this year.
Paying tribute to Sant Ravidas, a prominent social and spiritual figure, on his birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his ideas of compassion and justice form the core of the government’s welfare initiatives.
“Endless greetings to the unique devotee of humanity, the great saint Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Ji, on his birth anniversary,” the Prime Minister said in a post on X.
Last December, accompanied by senior BJP leaders from Punjab, Sant Dass called on Modi in Delhi to invite him for his birthday Guru Ravidas on February 1, the press agency reported.
Dera Sachkhand Ballan
PM to visit Dera Sachkhand Ballan on February 1 to mark Guru Ravidas Jayanti, senior BJP leader and former Punjab Minister Manoranjan Kalia he said PTI.
Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu also confirmed that PM Modi will visit Dera Sachkhand Ballan today.
PM Modi’s visit to Punjab comes at a time when the BJP is expected to make its own mark in 2027.
The largest dera of the Ravidassia community
Dera Sachkhand is located in Ballan, Jalandhar. It is the largest dera of the Ravidassia community in the state. The Ravidas community is a Dalit community. Punjab has approximately 32% of the Scheduled Caste population – the highest proportion of Dalits of any state in the country.
After Sant Dass was awarded the Padma Shri, Punjab BJP Working President Ashwani Sharma he welcomed the central government’s decision.
Sharma said that Dass played a remarkable role in spreading the ideas and message of Sant Guru Ravidas Ji Maharaj, not only in the country but also internationally.
The awarding of Padma Shri to Niranjan Dass Ji is a matter of pride and honor not only for the Ravidassia community but for the entire nation, Sharma said.
The airport will be renamed after Guru Ravidas
According to the day’s schedule, PM Modi will arrive in Jalandhar after presenting the Union Budget in New Delhi. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2026 at 11 am today.
The Prime Minister is expected to land at Jalandhar’s Adampur Airport at 3.45 pm. Prime Minister unveils new airport name: Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Airport, Adampur.
The renaming of the airport has been a long-standing demand to honor the social reformer who rose from a Dalit family to become an icon of equality and human dignity.
