LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Sant Ravidas envisioned a society where no one went hungry and everyone lived with dignity but successive regimes, including the Mughals, the British and governments after independence, ignored this inspiration.

Addressing a programme organised to mark the 649th birth anniversary of Sant Shiromani Sadguru Ravidas, the chief minister said that after the formation of the Narendra Modi government in 2014, initiatives such as opening bank accounts for the poor ensured direct delivery of benefits. Schemes related to housing, toilets, cooking gas and free electricity connections were launched with the same spirit, he said, adding that the idea of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' draws ...