Congress president Rahul Gandhi took to the streets leading a protest march to CBI HQ in New Delhi. The protest march was against the removal of CBI chief Alok Verma. The Congress, which marched from Dayal Singh College on Lodhi Road to the CBI headquarters about a kilometre away, has termed the move against Verma "illegal and unconstitutional". Senior Congress leaders, including Ashok Gehlot, Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vora, Veerappa Moily and Anand Sharma, took part in the march. Few Congress workers detained by police during protests near CBI HQs. The protests in the national capital were replicated in other parts of country.