Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues who wanted to protest outside the union home ministry office over alleged police inaction were stopped on the way.
Kejriwal's car was stopped right before Raisina Road, near Rail Bhavan in New Delhi, the seat of the central government.
Police officials tried to persuade the chief minister not to proceed ahead.
A police official said the Delhi chief minister and his colleagues were barred from going ahead at least till noon since the Republic-Day Parade rehearsal was going on.
A posse of police personnel was deployed and there was a double layer of barricading on Rafi Marg and Raisina Road, which leads to North Block where the union home ministry office is located.
Kejriwal and his ministers met in the morning at the Delhi Secretariat, from where they proceeded towards the home ministry office.
Delhi Police officials also reached the Delhi Secretariat to persuade Kejriwal to take security cover.
The Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that policemen did not cooperate with Delhi law Minister Somnath Bharti during his vigilante-style raid Wednesday night and on Minister Rakhi Birla's complaint concerning "improper action" in a dowry case.
AAP protest: Four Metro stations to be closed Monday
New Delhi: Four Metro stations will remain closed for four hours Monday following a protest called by the Aam Aadmi Party, authorities said.
"...Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan and Race Course metro stations will remain closed from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the wake of the 'dharna' by the AAP at North Block," a Delhi Metro official said.
The Delhi Police, which comes under the union home ministry, Sunday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPc, banning unlawful assembly in New Delhi district, where the home ministry office is located.
However, this will not affect the interchange at the Central Secretariat Metro station.
"Controlled exit of government employees from the Central Secretariat station will be allowed after checking their IDs," the official added.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with his ministers, will sit on a protest outside the home ministry Monday demanding that five police officials be suspended for their alleged inaction in busting a "prostitution and drug racket" and a dowry case.
The party has alleged that the policemen did not cooperate with Delhi law Minister Somnath Bharti during his vigilante-style raid Wednesday night and on minister Rakhi Birla's complaint concerning "improper action" in the dowry case.