India, July 4 -- E20 critics are set to stage what organisers describe as the first public protest against the Centre's ethanol-blending policy, with a sit-in planned at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Sunday.

Political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla took to X to announce that the demonstration targets the government's E20 fuel rollout, with protesters demanding that motorists be given a choice between different ethanol blends instead of a mandatory E20 regime.

The protest is scheduled to begin at 2 pm on Sunday, July 5. The campaign, organised against the "Ethanol Scam", follows weeks of criticism of the E20 rollout on social media and automobile forums.

Political analyst Ratan Dhillon, another organiser of the protest, said preparations were co...