BJP calls off dharna in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.br br Even school children are protesting against Election Commission claiming that it was biased while denying permission to Modi to hold a rally in Varanasi. Meanwhile, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "We are going to protest against the EC, it is our democratic right. Modi has been campaigning all over the nation, but he is not getting permission to campaign in his own constituency.