Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday kicked off his party's 'Jan Sanman Yatra' and said he was embarking on a religious journey since he considered people god and himself as their "jan sevak" (servant of the masses).

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will begin the Jan Samman Yatra, an outreach programme of the ruling NCP ahead of the state assembly election, from Dindori in Nashik district on August 8, his party announced on Monday.