The police have put up barricades, tippers and rolled out water cannons to prevent protesting farmers from entering Chandigarh.
Mistry said the election authority is in the process of finalising the AICC delegates who will vote in the crucial election for the top party post.
Irked by the delaying tactics of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Supreme-Court appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) on Thursday instructed the Indian Cricket Board to "immediately announce the Champions Trophy squad".