Congress demands immediate review 'E20 fuel policy'

Hitting out at the Modi government, the Congress on Friday demanded an immediate review of the E20 policy and asserted that an “anti-people” fuel policy that makes both vehicle operation and kitchen expenses costly is unacceptable to the country.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared on X a screenshot of a media report in a Hindi daily which claimed that sugar prices in the country rose by 40 per cent in three months,



jaggery became costlier by 24 per cent, rice by 16 per cent and maize flour by 11 per cent.

“Due to the Modi government’s shortsighted and anti-people E20 policy, inflation is rising on one hand, while vehicle owners are forced to bear the brunt of reduced mileage and vehicle damage on the other,” Ramesh said in a post in Hindi on X.

The public is paying the price for this both on the roads and in their kitchens, he said.