New Delhi, May 10 -- Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the government of "gross mismanagement" regarding India's energy security three months into the escalating Iran-US war.

In a post on X, Venugopal claimed that the Prime Minister's focus on "petty politics" has left the Indian economy vulnerable to an impending catastrophe as global oil supplies remain volatile.

Venugopal highlighted what he termed a "reckless" lack of planning by the Prime Minister's Office, citing several points of concern, accusing the PM of failing to build adequate fuel reserves to buffer the economy against the three-month-old global crisis.

He also claimed that the government is...