The rally after passing through Jammu city was stopped by policemen deployed at Patnitop on the highway and prevented it from moving to Kashmir.
The workers carrying tricolour in their hands jostled with the police personnel during the Tiranga Rally.
Accusing the the BJP of "playing the politics of duplicity, deceit and betrayals", JKNPP Chairman Harsh Dev Singh said people of India and Jammu region in particular were feeling "cheated" by the saffron party's "skullduggery and dual standards".
He said that they were later released in the evening.