New Delhi, March 10 -- The Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is "entirely responsible" for Indians facing a "shortage" of supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for their daily cooking needs, amid the West Asia conflict, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said on Tuesday.

Criticising the rule of people having to wait 25 days to book another cylinder in cities, the Congress leader said that such a move, along with increasing the base price of the LPG, is causing hardship to people.

"First, this government increases the prices of commercial and domestic LPG. The war has been going on for nine or ten days, and there is a gas shortage. Along with this, there is an instruction that domestic gas will not be booked before 25 days in cities. For...