New Delhi, May 28 -- DMK MP Kanimozhi on Thursday accused the Centre of relying on "short-term band-aid solutions" instead of strengthening India's strategic petroleum reserves, asserting that the country remains vulnerable to global oil shocks amid the West Asia crisis.

In a post on X, Kanimozhi said she had raised concerns in Parliament nearly two years ago regarding India's limited Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) capacity and delays in expanding storage infrastructure.

"On 1st August 2024, in a question raised in Parliament, I had asked the Government why a country of India's size had Strategic Petroleum Reserves for barely 10 days and why the expansion of storage capacity was being unconscionably delayed despite growing global in...