Overview
- Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal announced he will deliver printed copies of an online petition with more than 200,000 signatures and lead a 100‑person delegation to the Prime Minister’s residence on Tuesday to press demands over the E20 fuel rollout.
- Kejriwal has three formal demands: give motorists a choice between pure petrol and E20 at pumps, make E20 cheaper than pure petrol, and cut overall petrol prices, and he has asked the Centre to publish the studies it cites in support of E20.
- Activist Tehseen Poonawalla said Delhi Police placed him under de facto house arrest on Saturday, blocking a planned solo walk to Gandhi Smriti and a day‑long hunger strike against E20.
- The Centre, represented by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and ministry statements, says laboratory and field testing show no widespread engine damage and allows for a small 2–6% drop in mileage while opponents and mechanics report anecdotal cases of reduced fuel efficiency and higher repair costs.
- The dispute has broadened beyond AAP to include Team Bharat, transport associations and delivery workers, and it has prompted heavy police, RAF and CRPF deployments plus denials of march permissions that raise civil‑liberties and law‑and‑order questions in Delhi.