Arvind Kejriwal tweets that he and his wife will perform Ganga aarti today in Kashi. Hitting out at what he believes is the BJP'S desperate efforts at politicizing an event, Kejriwal says the EC has given Narendra Modi permission to perform a Ganga aarti, but Modi is simply drawing political mileage by refusing to do it.

Here's what Kejriwal tweets: BJP top brass landed in Kashi. Shows their nervousness. Will they be able to save Modi ji from defeat? Modi ji given permission of Ganga arti. Yet rather than performing arti, he is trying to draw political mileage. Sad. I went alone one day and performed arti. No one stopped me. I will again go with my wife today and do arti. Neeyat saaf honi chahiye. Agar apko kewal arti aur pujan karna ho to EC ki permission nahi chahiye hoti. U need EC permission for political activities... Here is EC's Permission to Modi ji for Ganga Arti. Then why doesn't he just go and perform arti? Why politicise it?"

File pic of Arvind Kejriwal taking a dip in the Ganga in March.