New Delhi, May 11 -- Congress on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his appeal to people to reduce consumption of petroleum products in view of the rising cost of crude due to the West Asia crisis and alleged that the BJP-led government has "actively enabled" India's record dependence on crude oil and natural gas imports.

"After presiding over and actively enabling India's record dependence on crude oil and natural gas imports, now the PM pleads and begs India's consumers to take the onus of minimising consumption. He should first explain to the nation what happened to the thousands of crores of fraudulent investments made by GSPC - which he then covered up through its merger into ONGC," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh ...