A group of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs and supporters who had gone to submit a memorandum against the growing prices of petrol and diesel to the Union Petroleum Minister at Shastri Bhawan, were detained by the Delhi Police on Wednesday.
Around 12:30pm, the MLAs reached the gates of Shastri Bhawan, the office of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, but were stopped at the entry.
"Our MLAs who had gone to the petroleum ministry at Shastri Bhawan to submit a memorandum against the high prices of petrol and diesel were detained," tweeted AAP's Delhi convenor Gopal Rai.
"This was a peaceful attempt to meet the minister, as is the democratic right of every citizen. Our MLAs were stopped at the entry," he said.
On Tuesday, at a press conference, the party had announced a campaign against the rising prices of commodities, especially petrol and diesel.
Leaders said that there was no reason to charge the customers such high rates when the price of crude oil at international markets had been slashed by half.
