
Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party hold posters of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav, center front, and the District Magistrate of Varanasi Pranjal Yadav during a protest against the Uttar Pradesh state government for refusal of permission for campaign events of their prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi. (AP)
IIT BHU students supporting BJP workers' dharna against Election Commission at Lanka gate of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi on Thursday. (PTI)
BJP workers stage a dharna against Election Commission at Lanka gate of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi on Thursday. (PTI)
Policemen stand guard as BJP workers gather outside Banaras Hindu University to protest against Election Commission in Varanasi on Thursday. (PTI)
BJP activists stage dharna at Lanka gate, Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi against Election Commission on Thursday. (PTI)
BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Amit Shah during BJP's protest against Election Commission in Varanasi on Thursday. (PTI)
BJP workers took out a protest march to the Election Commission to protest the denial of permission for Narendra Modi's rally in Varanasi as Delhi Police imposed prohibitory orders around the poll panel's complex here in order to stop the march. (IE Photo: Praveen Khanna)
BJP workers led by leaders Venkaiah Naidu, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ravi Shankar Prasad took out a protest march from Delhi BJP office to the headquarters of the Election Commission. (IE Photo: Praveen Khanna)
Section 144 of the CrPC restricting gathering of people was imposed around the Election Commission complex and BJP activists were stopped at the nearby All India Radio building and prevented from going towards the Commission. (IE Photo: Praveen Khanna)