Arun Jaitley's Letter to Election Commission on BJP's protest in Varanasi

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, along with Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah and other BJP leaders will sit on dharna today over the denial of permission to Mr Modi's rally in Varanasi. In a letter to the Election Commission, Mr Jaitley writes that "the BJP does not need their permission for this action."

Following is the full text of the letter: