More than a thousand youth participated in the National convention of Revolutionary Youth Association held in Lucknow on 31 March, the day Com. Chandrashekhar embraced martyrdom three years back in 1997. Before the convention started, a large mass meeting was held in front of Vidhan Sabha, addressed by Party General Secretary Com. Dipankar Bhattacharya who held Vajpayee's economic policies responsible for price rise and unemployment and accused it of unleashing cultural and intellectual terrorism in the country. He called upon youth as well as all the left, democratic and progressive forces to intensify "Dam bandho, Kam do" campaign to counter the saffron onslaught. The meeting was also addressed by journalist Akhilesh Mishra, JSM Vice President Ajay Singh, educationist Krishnavatar Pandey and youth leaders. The meeting was culmination of a march from Char Bagh to Vidhan Sabha, led by Comrades Rajaram Singh and Lal Bahadur Singh, President and General Secretary of RYA.
Following its inauguration by Com. Dipankar at Shaheed Chandrashekhar Memorial Hall in the evening, the convention discussed a draft presented by Com. Lal Bahadur. It adopted a 10-point resolution, important among them being organising student-youth parliament on 28 April in Delhi and making 11 May general strike a success.