The party alleged that AAP was playing politics over the power issue and demanded that electricty prices be halved as Arvind Kejriwal's party had promised before the Assembly election.
Scores of BJP members held a protest at ITO and started marching towards the Secretariat but were stopped by Delhi Police which barricaded the road. When the protesters tried to jump the barricades, police used water canon to disperse them.
Protestors were detained and taken to a nearby police station in a bus.
AAP has decided to oppose the DERC decision and may challenge it in court.
The AAP government has written to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to withdraw the recent hike in fuel surcharge saying the order was not in accordance with certain sections of the Electricity Act.