5,000 kg of khichdi is being cooked at a Dalit rally in Delhi by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday  aiming to create a world record. Eyeing the Dalit votes, the dish was cooked with rice and lentils collected from three lakh Dalit  households .

The Samrasta Khichdi, was distributed among the party workers and supporters at 'Bhim Mahasangam Vijay Sankalp ' rally under the leadership of BJP president Amit Shah .

Shah will also address the rally recounting the work done by the party for the Dalit community in Delhi. Nagpur-based chef Vishnu Manohra, has been assigned the work to cook khichdi .Chef Manohar, in October in 2018, entered Guinness Book of World Record  for a 3000 kg khichdi event.

In November 2017, renowned chef Sanjeev Kapoor cooked 918 kg of khichdi, which currently holds the record for the world's largest khichdi, at 'World Food India' festival organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in Delhi.

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