The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday held nation-wide protests against the rising fuel prices.
The party volunteers led by senior party leaders protested at the party headquarters in Delhi. Delhi minister Rajinder Pal Gautam also participated in the protest.
"The rising prices of petrol and diesel in the corona era have broken the back of the public. On the other hand people are losing employment due to corona and there is no relief from the Centre," he said.
AAP leader Durgesh Pathak claimed that some protesters were arrested by police and kept in Rajinder Nagar police station.
"In the international market, the price of crude oil has come down to $40 per barrel, but the Modi government has not reduced the prices of petrol and diesel. Industries and common people are facing difficulty amid the coronavirus pandemic," said AAP senior leader Gopal Rai.
Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked for the 22nd time on Monday in just over three weeks.
However, no immediate reaction was available from police. On its Twitter page, the AAP shared details and pictures of protests held at Raipur, Rajkot, Madhya Pradesh, Patna, Panipat and Dibrugarh in different states.
Adil Ahmad Khan, Chairman of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee, took to the micro-blogging website and said that party workers have been detained.
"AAP workers protesting peacefully outside the BJP headquarters against the spike in diesel and petrol prices have been detained. For the last half an hour, the police are not telling where they are taking us," Khan said.
Delhi Congress leaders had staged a protest across the city against hike in fuel prices, raising slogans against the BJP-led central government.