Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other party leaders led a sit-in protest against the imposition of E20 fuel after they were stopped from marching to the Prime Minister's residence on Tuesday.
They sat for a sit-in protest on Feroshah Road. About 100 party workers and leaders, including Jasmine Shah, are present.
Before the march took place, Kejriwal said, "Under pressure from Trump, they are imposing ethanol on the people of the country. I hope they won't stop. We'll go to the Prime Minister with two lakh copies. Let's see where they stop us. I hope they don't."
The party also claimed to have collected over 230,000 people’s signatures from across the country on an online campaign launched against the E20 fuel.
During the march, Kejriwal said that more than 200,000 people had written a letter to the Prime Minister regarding the E20 petrol. He said that so many people signed the petition to the Prime Minister, which reflected the public’s concern.
They reportedly wanted to hand over the letter to the PM personally; however, police reportedly stopped them. “Today, we tried to meet Modi ji by collecting more than 2 lakh petitions from the public against E20, but Modi ji's police stopped us. We have sent all the petitions to Modi ji,” he wrote on X.
"Modi ji, what will it achieve by showing us your power? Show this courage to Trump instead and stop imposing E20 on the country. Otherwise, the country will be forced to launch another major movement," he added.
In anticipation of Kejriwal's march, Delhi Police barricaded the roads leading to the Prime Minister's residence. The Delhi Police stated that protesters did not obtain permission for the march.
Delhi’s transport organisers also protested at the Rajghat on Tuesday demanding the removal of ethanol-blended petrol.
The Delhi Taxi and Tourist Transporters and Tour Operators Association president Sanjay Samrat said: “But since we didn't receive permission from the Delhi Police, we decided to go to Rajghat and pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi."
