Thousands of people, including AAP activists with their trademark white caps, walked with Kejriwal shouting slogans and holding AAP flags. It led to massive traffic jams.
The crowds kept swelling as the over-half-a-mile-long roadshow wound its way. Many shopkeepers shut their shops and joined him.
Hundreds also stood on the road dividers or leaned out of the windows or watched Kejriwal from their terraces on both sides of the roads.
In impromptu speeches, Kejriwal flayed the BJP-controlled local Varanasi administration for keeping the Ganges dirty. When he passed a mosque, many trooped out to cheer him. He waved to them.
In the sweltering heat, some people offered Kejriwal water and cold drinks. But he declined them politely.
Barring two places where 10-15 people shouted "pro-Modi" slogans, it was an AAP show.
