Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal led a march towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence to protest the Centre's E20 ethanol-blended fuel policy, alleging that it is harming owners of older vehicles. Kejriwal said he intended to hand over letters from more than two lakh people to the Prime Minister. However, Delhi Police stopped the march, following which Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other AAP leaders staged a sit-in protest.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has received permission from the Bombay High Court to file a civil defamation suit against Meta, Google, X and other entities over alleged defamatory posts and deepfake content linking him to the Centre's E20 ethanol-blending programme. The legal battle comes as a new online movement called the E20 Janta Party rapidly gains traction on social media. The digital campaign, inspired by the Cockroach Janta Party movement, is demanding the option of 100&#37 petrol and has also called for Gadkari's resignation. Gadkari has maintained that he had no role in implementing the E20 programme, saying it is administered by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.