Bengaluru, Nov. 9 -- Amid the row over Ethanol blending percentage in petrol in Karnataka, state minister Rizwan Arshad on Monday claimed that the oil marketing companies (OMCs) have avoided answering the fundamental question of how much ethanol they blended in petrol in their joint statement.

Speaking to reporters, Arshad said the OMCs' response to the state's findings focused entirely on technical matters, asserting that the state government firmly stood by its test results showing blending of up to 31.2 per cent.

"They (OMCs) have avoided answering the core, fundamental question that we asked: how much did you blend? Did you blend E20 or higher than that?...The Karnataka government firmly stands by the tests we conducted and the resu...